Mississippi Blues Man Mose Allison

Whole Wide World There Was Only One

By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 16, 2016

Mississippi Blues Man Mose Allison

Out of Old Miss
Grew up on
Country blues
Sardonic sophistication
Crooning slur
Seductive drawl
Twisted sound
Bitch slamming lyrics
Glommed onto
Prestige albums
Back Country Suite
Creek Bank
Autumn Song
Back in the '50s
My main man
Mose Allison
Piano sounded
Both modern
Post bop
But down home
Corn pone soul
That week at
Sandy's
Sparse house
More love than money
Me as MC
During breaks
Fell by the bar
Glass of milk
So odd for a
Blues man
Clean and sober
Slick as a snake
Fangs in your heart
Seventh son
Whole wide world
There was only one

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Reader Comments

"The one. The one. The one called Mose Al-li-son"

Posted By: Henry Ferrini on 11-16-2016, 08:41 pm
"I don’t remember the “topic,” probably unique up-and-comers, but decades ago, PBS hosted a special in which the hour was shared by Mose Allison and Tom Waits. Both artists were new to me and I was taken by them both. I ran down to the record warehouse which then was a big red barn on the Pittsfield Lenox road [which was moved and can still be seen] hoping to score some albums. Unfortunately, I had one of my early brain farts and couldn’t remember the name of either artist. I was however able to vomit the info about them just having appeared on PBS and the savvy proprietor brought out a collection of albums by Mose and Tom. My interest in Waits grew at a faster rate than Allison, but I’ll never forget that incident."

Posted By: Howie Levitz on 11-16-2016, 04:03 pm
"Never heard of him, but this affecting work, both personal and in rhythm conveying the spirit, works fine on me."

Posted By: Stephen Rifkin on 11-16-2016, 03:43 pm
"They always told me there'd be days like this."

Posted By: jimmy midnight on 11-16-2016, 02:57 pm
"Loved him."

Posted By: Jane Hudson on 11-16-2016, 02:22 pm