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Luther Sylvester Allison [1] (August 17, 1939 – August 12, 1997) [2] [3] was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Widener, Arkansas, [4] although some accounts suggest his actual place of birth was Mayflower, Arkansas.
Jul 12, 2013 · Chicago Blues legend Luther Allison performs a wailing, screaming slide guitar rendition of Elmore James' classic! Welcome to American Blues Scene Magazine's...
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Aug 12, 1997 · Distinctive Chicago blues guitar stylist who expatriated to France in the '70s and returned to great acclaim in the '90s. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 1990s. Born. August 17, 1939 in Widener, AR. Died. August 12, 1997 in Madison, WI. Genre. Blues. Styles.
Born in Widener, Arkansas in 1939, Luther Allison (the 14th of 15 musically gifted children) first connected to the blues at age ten, when he began playing the diddley bow (a wire attached by nails to a wall with rocks for bridges and a bottle to fret the wire).
Luther Allison. American blues guitarist and singer, born in Widener, Arkansas on 17 August 1937, died of lung cancer on 12 August 1997 in Madison, Wisconsin. Allison moved to Chicago in the early 1950s, making his first recordings for Delmark in 1967, with a full album in 1969.
Aug 17, 1997 · Luther Allison, whose passionate, original singing and searing guitar playing made him a leading bluesman and an influence on rock-and-roll, died on Tuesday at University Hospital here, his...
Luther Allison broke onto the national blues scene as the hot young up-and-comer from Chicago in 1969, so highly touted that he even scored a contract with Motown in 1973 — almost unheard-of for a bluesman in an era when funk and soul dominated black music.
Feb 15, 2018 · The early ‘60s Chicago blues scene ended up being relatively friendly toward Luther Allison. In his first stroke of early luck and success, he became one of the local stars after taking over Freddie King’s weeknight slot at the famed Walton’s Corner Club in 1960.
