{"id":973428,"date":"2019-11-11T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=910195"},"modified":"2019-11-11T07:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:00:33","slug":"hear-iggy-pop-frank-black-cover-jazz-great-mose-allison-for-new-tribute-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/hear-iggy-pop-frank-black-cover-jazz-great-mose-allison-for-new-tribute-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Iggy Pop, Frank Black Cover Jazz Great Mose Allison for New Tribute Album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iggy Pop<\/a> and the Pixies\u2019 Frank Black<\/a> marked what would have been Mose Allison\u2019s 92nd birthday with unique takes on two tracks by jazz-blues great, \u201cIf You\u2019re going to the City\u201d and \u201cNumbers on Paper.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both will appear on an upcoming Allison tribute album, If You\u2019re Going to the City, <\/i>out November 29th via Fat Possum.<\/p>\n

On his rendition of the tribute album\u2019s title track, Iggy Pop puts a delightfully goofy spin on Allison\u2019s 1968 cut<\/a>. The brassy flourishes from the original are still there \u2014 if not slightly amped up \u2014 but instead of a rollicking piano boogie, the song boasts a synth-bass groove that bends and stretches the song in fascinating ways as Iggy Pop drawls, \u201cIf you\u2019re going to the city\/There\u2019s one thing I hope\/Don\u2019t take money from a woman or mess around with dope.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Black, he instinctually turns Allison\u2019s smokey 1998 ballad \u201cNumbers on Paper\u201d<\/a> into a dead ringer for an early Nineties indie rock tune. The guitars are jangly and slack, although a woozy harmonica and some tasteful vibraphone plunks help the cover retain the jazzy core of the original.<\/p>\n