Moore, Joan : Tis Autumn

Devil's Gonna Get Ya Whenever I sing this 1928 Bessie Smith song, I feel like (for one second) I'm big and scary and righteous and no one would ever f**k with me. Earth Mother Blues Growing up in the 1960s presented many challenges - and this is about some of them. A Foggy Day In London Town My parents and I at a Coney Island recording booth when I was three. Crooning boot camp. I had that Frank Sinatra arrangement down cold.  'Tis Autumn My Uncle Abe had a friend that we called Uncle Nemo. He was the first hipster I knew, a really cool guy. And he wrote this beautiful song, which reminds me of singing harmony in my father's car with my mother and sister, my Aunt Belle's house in Brooklyn with all my cousins, and all the fun we had. Fat Tuesday I got married in New Orleans and fell in love with the city and it's soul. Before I had a chance to move there, Hurricane Katrina happened and ripped my heart in two. This song is about what you do when your dreams get drowned. Gloria, Shiva's Descending One song from a proposed musical by my friend John Lopinski. This was written in the '80s, right before he started fronting the NY band, The Baxters. Too Close to Heaven This is my prayer for the truth of faith. How often have I wanted it to be true.