Mose Wilson - Mose Wilson (2021) Hi-Res

Grabbing from a wide array of country music influences and regional dialects, and splicing them all together seamlessly with some 70’s coolness, Tennessee native Mose Wilson has just dropped this infectious and entertaining self-titled debut album that will slide right into your preferred listening rotation and be stubborn in making its way out.

Along with Moes Wilson’s original songs, a lot of great ingredients went into this record. It was recorded at the Compass Studios in Nashville, which as some know, is the same original location as Tompall Glaser’s “Hillbilly Central” where the country music Outlaw movement emanated from.

Playing on the record is an all-star cast, including Trey Hensley, who lays down some smokin’ hot lead licks and really helps make this record kick, Miles Miller who is Sturgill Simpson’s drummer and bandleader, Casey Driscoll on fiddle, then veterans Dan Dugmore on steel guitar and Dennis Crouch on bass round out what is an instrumental tour de force if nothing else.

It all comes together for one of those albums that immediately reels you in, and includes something for everyone. It has a couple of slow country heartbreakers in “Blue” and “This Time It’s You,” which include a hint of early Eagles in them as well. It has a couple of downright bluegrass songs in “Cornered” and “She Don’t Live Here No More.” It has a couple of chicken pickin’ heaters in “I Don’t Need You” and “Tennessee Rag.” It has blues, and a little bit of rock. What it doesn’t have is a dull moment.