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An innovative but lesser known blues singer and guitarist, Luther Allison was born in Widener, Arkansas on 17 August 1937. He moved to Chicago in the early 1950s, making his first recordings for Delmark in 1967, with a full album in 1969. In the 1970s, he was one of few blues artists to record for Motown. When moving to Europe in the 1980s, he adopted a more rock-oriented style.
He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1998.
His son, Bernard Allison, is also a highly successful American blues singer and guitarist, living in Paris. Luther Allison continued to write and record until 1997. His last album, Reckless, was released earlier that year, and he sadly died, aged 59, of lung and brain cancer, shortly after cancelling a US tour. In 2000, the Chicago Sun-Times called him "the Bruce Springsteen of the blues". If you like a lot of blues guitarists such as Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Rory Gallagher or John Lee Hooker, you will love Luther Allison and the tones he created on his Gibson Les Paul.
He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1998.
His son, Bernard Allison, is also a highly successful American blues singer and guitarist, living in Paris. Luther Allison continued to write and record until 1997. His last album, Reckless, was released earlier that year, and he sadly died, aged 59, of lung and brain cancer, shortly after cancelling a US tour. In 2000, the Chicago Sun-Times called him "the Bruce Springsteen of the blues". If you like a lot of blues guitarists such as Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Rory Gallagher or John Lee Hooker, you will love Luther Allison and the tones he created on his Gibson Les Paul.
