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flyingbanana · January 14th, 2013, 06:06 AM

Here are a few of his songs. Great stuff. I like the mood set by the first one especially. Luther was sure underrated.

MrTwang · January 14th, 2013, 06:13 AM

I was lucky enough to be on the same bill as him in Europe somewhere - probably late '80s. I was blown away by him. He had a great band too. Thanks for posting this and reminding me.

sonny wolf · January 14th, 2013, 06:24 AM

I saw him about a month before his passing.He opened the show for Buddy Guy and Luther played with so much intensity and passion...Buddy had a lot of pressure to follow Luther's performance no doubt!!!Luther played mainly a gold top Les Paul Standard into a Fender Blues Deville and played such great,low down raw Blues.One month later I heard he had passed away.I really respect him for having played his music til the very end.He was one of the all time greats in the Blues.

brookdalebill · January 14th, 2013, 06:27 AM

I met him once at a music store job, nice guy!
Never got to see him play, alas.

José · January 14th, 2013, 10:33 AM

I saw him 2 times in the late '70s, great shows. He used to play a kind of ES 335 Yamaha at that time. I've met him 20 years ago in a guitar store in Paris, having fun and trying some new axes, a nice guy and a great player.

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flyingbanana Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Southern, California Posts: 5,112	Some Luther Allison...neglected blues artist. Here are a few of his songs. Great stuff. I like the mood set by the first one especially. Luther was sure underrated.

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January 14th, 2013, 06:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
MrTwang Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London, England Posts: 914	I was lucky enough to be on the same bill as him in Europe somewhere - probably late '80s. I was blown away by him. He had a great band too. Thanks for posting this and reminding me.

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sonny wolf Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: austin texas Age: 41 Posts: 1,299	I saw him about a month before his passing.He opened the show for Buddy Guy and Luther played with so much intensity and passion...Buddy had a lot of pressure to follow Luther's performance no doubt!!!Luther played mainly a gold top Les Paul Standard into a Fender Blues Deville and played such great,low down raw Blues.One month later I heard he had passed away.I really respect him for having played his music til the very end.He was one of the all time greats in the Blues.

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brookdalebill Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Austin, Tx Age: 55 Posts: 4,383	I met him once at a music store job, nice guy! Never got to see him play, alas.

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José Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Age: 50 Posts: 1,024	I saw him 2 times in the late '70s, great shows. He used to play a kind of ES 335 Yamaha at that time. I've met him 20 years ago in a guitar store in Paris, having fun and trying some new axes, a nice guy and a great player.

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