Pete Townshend described him as a “jazz sage”. The Who took his “Young Man’s Blues” and made it their own and incorporated his “Eyesight To The Blind” in Tommy. John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Blue Cheer did the same with “Parchman Farm” and the Monkees rewrote the same song as “Goin’ Down”. The Yardbirds’ “I’m Not [...]
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Wild Man On The Loose
July 26, 2008A hipster before it was a dirty word
June 11, 2008Here’s Mose Allison singing “Your Mind Is On Vacation”: Catch him live – trust me, you won’t regret it.