LISTEN: Frank Black and Iggy Pop Celebrate Mose Allison

Today, on Mose Allison’s birthday, Fat Possum Records releases two newly-recorded Allison tracks from IF YOU’RE GOING TO THE CITY: A Tribute To Mose Allison, out November 29. Pixies vocalist Frank Black has recorded “Numbers on Paper,” while punk icon Iggy Pop puts his spin on the title track. IF YOU’RE GOING TO THE CITY also benefits Sweet Relief, which assists musicians in need. Check em both out below…

The collection features Taj Mahal, Robbie Fulks, Jackson Browne, The Tippo Allstars feat. Fiona Apple, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite, Chrissie Hynde, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Loudon Wainwright III, Richard Thompson, Peter Case, Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, Anything Mose!, Frank Black, and Amy Allison with Elvis Costello. The CD and LP packaging will include a DVD copy of Paul Bernay’s 2005 documentary on Mose Allison titled ‘Ever Since I Stole The Blues.’ It was originally produced for the BBC.

Frank Black says, “I’m so pleased Amy (Allison) has asked me to participate in this project of her father’s music. What can I say? Both musically and lyrically Mose is more grounded than most, and, at the same time, existentially beyond everything else out there. “Numbers On Paper” is a relevant song to humanity at whatever point in the time space continuum, or “spime” as Mose says, that you want to place that song. It’s classic Mose, funny and heavy.”

If You’re Going to The City Tracklist:

  1.    Taj Mahal   –   Your Mind Is On Vacation
  1.    Robbie Fulks   –   My Brain
  1.    Jackson Browne   –   If You Live
  1.    The Tippo Allstars featuring Fiona Apple –   Your Molecular Structure
  1.    Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite   –   Nightclub
  1.    Chrissie Hynde   –   Stop This World
  1.    Iggy Pop   –   If You’re Going to the City
  1.    Bonnie Raitt   –   Everybody’s Crying Mercy
  1.    Loudon Wainwright III   –   Ever Since the World Ended
  1.  Richard Thompson   –   Parchman Farm
  1.  Peter Case   –   I Don’t Worry About A Thing
  1.  Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin   –   Wild Man On the Loose
  1.  Anything Mose!   –   The Way of the World
  1.  Frank Black   –   Numbers On Paper
  1.  Amy Allison with Elvis Costello   –    Monsters of the Id

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