Remembering
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70's Southern Rock Band based in Atlanta, Ga. |
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In memory of... |
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Randy Lewis & Jimmy O'Neill |
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...and with "Love" to our brother Bryan Cole, who has continued to heal In light of the year 2001's unforeseen, untimely, tragic set of events and circumstances.... |
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Mose Jones #1 1972 - 1975 Randy Lewis, Bryan Cole, Jimmy O'Neill, Steve McRay
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Mose Jones 1973 - Steve McRay, Jimmy O'Neill, Randy Lewis, Bryan Cole |
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Early Mose Jones family picture at Al Kooper's house in Atlanta |
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Single "Does Your Mama Know About Me" released in 1973 MCA/Sounds of the South Records |
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Jimmy O'Neill - at Kala Recording Studio and CMO where Jimmy produced, engineered, and recorded |
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Randy & Steve |
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Randy - smiling with Bob Wills at Cain's Ballroom |
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Mose at the "Back Door" in Winter Park, Fl - Davis Causey was added in the last months of the band | |
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All of Mose Jones' Albums were recorded at the legendary "Studio One" recording Studio in Doraville, Ga. |
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Producer-performer Al Kooper had been visiting Atlanta since he played the first Atlanta Pop Festival in 1969. The southern rock scene was exploding, and Kooper had noticed the abundance of talent in and about Atlanta. With the backing of MCA Records, he launched the Sounds Of The South label with the initial deal calling for four new artists-three of which returned out to be Los Angeles funk band Elijah, Kooper's own reformed Blues Project, and the Atlanta bar band Mose Jones. It was on Mose Jones' recommendation that the final spot was filled by Skynyrd. Kooper jammed with the group at Funochios, and after some initial hesitancy, Lynyrd Skynyrd signed on.
Early photo's of Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Atlanta bar Funochios |
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Hear some old MOSE JONES music - See some old photos Mose Jones Myspace site!! |
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We're now on FACEBOOK!
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Answering E-mail about "What ever happened to Mose Jones" We had a special sound back then, and enjoyed playing just about any place we could play...lot's of memories. I get many e-mails these days about Mose Jones, so I'm creating a Web site for that very reason; to update what happened to the band. Unfortunately, not all updated news is good news.
There were actually
2 Mose Jones groups. The 1972-75 (2 albums on MCA/Sounds of the
South Records, Al Kooper producing) and the 1977-1980 (2 albums on
RCA Records, Buddy Buie producing). Randy Lewis and I were in both
bands. (Here is where the bad news starts...) Randy had been
living and playing in Key West for some time, but last Feb.(2001),
he had a massive heart attack and passed away about a week later.
He lived life pretty hard, so it was not totally unexpected, but
very tragic none the less. The very next day, Bryan Cole, the
drummer in Mose #1, and our drummer in Java Monkey, had a massive
heart attack, and his aorta ruptured as well...totally unexpected!
After 4 operations in 5 days, Bryan survived, but had to have his
right leg amputated, from lack of blood flow. He is in good shape
now, and is working on staying in good health, and mastering his
new age of mobility, his prosthetic leg...he's playing with
us again, singing background vocals and playing percussion
along with our current drummer, John Holder. (...the trilogy of
bad news) Immediately after
Bryan started to heal, Jimmy O'Neill, Mose #1 guitar player, was
diagnosed with Brain cancer; it wasn't good. It was one of the
most progressive types of cancer. After 6 months of surgery's and
therapy's, Jimmy passed away last September (2001). Jimmy was one
of the nicest guys I've ever known, and one of the most
talented...he will be missed dearly.
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An Interesting French Magazine article with Bryan Cole - interviewed by Luc Brunot for DIXIE ROCK
NEWS! A recently released article about the Mose "Live at Richard's" Project - Bryan Cole interviewed by Luc Brunot read the on-line interview |
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Mose Jones #2 1977-1980 Randy Lewis, Steve McRay, Marvin Taylor, Chris Seymour
*The 2nd album was recorded, mixed, and mastered, but was never released The top 20 hit song "Alien", which the "Atlanta Rhythm Section" recorded in 1981 from their Quinella album, was a song from the 2nd unreleased Mose Jones album. |
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Mose Jones 1978 Steve McRay, Randy Lewis, Marvin Taylor, Chris Seymour
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Mose Jones - Champagne Jam - 1979 Randy Lewis, Marvin Taylor, Steve McRay, Chris Seymour |
These pictures were taken at the Georgia Land & Lumber Co.,
located on Saint Simons Island, Georgia. This was our all-time favorite place to play!!
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Steve & Randy...going over something really important...I'm sure. |
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The whole gang...with red Mose shirts! |
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Steve, Randy, & Marvin...a moment of musical expression! |
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Marvin & Bear |
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Randy Lewis!! |
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Chuck Fowler & Steve |
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Chris Seymour on drums |
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Roses Cantina |
One of the many Atlanta clubs where Mose played...this sign, and many memories, still hangs around. |
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Moonshadow 1983 |
Ex-"Mose Jones" musicians play together again in yet another band...
"Out a Hand" Band - Steve McRay, Randy Lewis, Bryan Cole, Marvin Taylor |
If any one has pictures of Mose Jones, you can email them to us info@mosejones.com and we'll add them to this website
