{"id":271,"date":"2012-01-21T18:55:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=271"},"modified":"2012-01-21T19:19:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T19:19:57","slug":"bret-mosley-live-at-the-snack-bar-oxford-mississippi-january-25-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/bret-mosley-live-at-the-snack-bar-oxford-mississippi-january-25-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Bret Mosley live at the Snack Bar, Oxford, Mississippi – January 25, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bret Mosley live at the Snack Bar<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9 pm<\/h2>\n

at the Snack Bar \u00a0(721 North Lamar\u00a0Oxford, MS 38655)<\/h2>\n

Cost: Free<\/h3>\n
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A dobro spanking yeller of poems, Bret Mosley<\/strong>\u2019s raw, homegrown style of deep roots music and Americana funk offers a live music experience like no other. Heralded by Jerry Joseph<\/strong> as \u201cone of greatest songwriters I’ve met in a long time,\u201d Mosley grooves the folk & funks the blues with a milky voice that echoes his life on the road. On his current tour across Colorado and beyond, Mosley is joined by drummer Zechariah Tillotson<\/strong>, a veteran of the Mississippi blues scene who counts Jimbo Mathus<\/strong> and the Burnside boys<\/strong> among his favorite jamming partners. Come out listen to a sound straight-forward in its delivery and full of soul.<\/p>\n

About Bret Mosley<\/strong><\/p>\n

A dobro spanking yeller of poems, Bret Mosley\u2019s raw, homegrown style of deep roots music and Americana funk offers a live music experience like no other. Heralded by Jerry Joseph as \u201cone of greatest songwriters I’ve met in a long time,\u201d Mosley grooves the folk & funks the blues with a milky voice that echoes his life on the road.<\/p>\n

The mystery of Bret Mosley\u2019s identity isn\u2019t lost on the dobro-slinging songwriter himself. Ask him where he\u2019s from, and he\u2019ll state \u2018Brooklyn\u2019 with a definitive tone. But although New York is home to the rambling bluesman, settle into a performance or his latest record, Light & Blood<\/em>, and you\u2019ll hear the baring of a Texas-bred, all-American soul. Bret\u2019s the type of guy who drives 12,000 miles in a month with a smile on his face. He jokes that his \u2018nine bedroom apartment\u2019 spans an equal number of zip codes. On stage, he\u2019s the picture of simple musical purity \u2014 a dobro laid across his lap, stompbox under his feet, and two long braids winding around his shoulders. Mosley\u2019s style, a weird amalgam of urban and desert, defies the handy comparison labels of critics. \u2018Chris Whitley meets Marvin Gaye,\u2019 says one. \u2018As if Van Morrison had come from a sharecroppers\u2019 farm,\u2019 writes another, while others immediately drift toward the obvious Ben Harper comparison. Bret himself jokes that he\u2019s Bootsy Collins rolled in ZZ Top\u2019s blend of Rio Grande mud.<\/p>\n

Whatever genre Mosley\u2019s music fits into, it feels<\/em> good, and that\u2019s why he\u2019s still out there playing. Bret\u2019s life story is an exercise in following one\u2019s instinct, boasting histories as a linebacker, a ballet dancer, a stockbroker, and a yoga teacher before settling into music as his full-time calling. On his current tour across Colorado and beyond, Mosley is joined by drummer Zechariah Tillotson, a veteran of the Mississippi blues scene who counts Jimbo Mathus and the Burnside boys among his favorite jamming partners. \u201cRaised on Jesus and cornbread,\u201d as he puts it himself, Tillotson drums with a style true to the nature of Mosley\u2019s authentic songwriting, instilling soul into every rhythm. In addition to touring and recording with his pal Jerry Joseph (including on the 2009 project Charge<\/em>), Mosley\u2019s solo release, Light & Blood<\/em>, received widespread critical acclaim for its rich, confessional tone. Simple and straight-forward in its delivery, the album gets right to the heart of what makes Mosley great \u2014 a one-man band that commands but never demands your attention, sparking old emotions in listeners, most of whom inevitably end up smiling.
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