1		Bad Love	6:23
2		I Wanna Know	4:52
3		Soul Fixin' Man	3:07
4		Middle Of The Road	4:55
5		She Was Born That Way	4:38
6		Gave It All	3:56
7		You Been Teasin' Me	3:01
8		Nobody But You	4:30
9		Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is	6:28
10		The Things I Used To Do	3:18
11		Love String	3:53
12		Freedom	4:47

Bass – Dave Smith
Drums – James Robinson
Guitar – James Solberg
Guitar, Vocals – Luther Allison
Keyboards – Ernest Williamson
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Choir – Another Blessed Creation Choir (12)
Performer [African Rhythm Instruments] – Kpe Lee (12)

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. 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. Father of Bernard Allison. ---discogs.com

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A1 	Why I Love The Blues 	4:00
A2 	Little Red Rooster 	4:23
A3 	4:00 In The Morning 	3:11
A4 	Five Long Years 	4:15
A5 	Dust My Broom 	3:33
B1 	Love Me Mama 	3:54
B2 	The Sky Is Crying 	5:32
B3 	You Gotta Help Me 	3:45
B4 	You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 	3:33
B5 	Bloomington Closer 	5:13

Bass – Robert "Big Mojo" Elem
Drums – Bob Richey (tracks: A2 to A4, B3 to B5), Bobby Davis
Guitar – Jimmy Dawkins (tracks: A2, A5, B1, B2)
Guitar, Vocals – Luther Allison
Tenor Saxophone – Jim Conley (tracks: A2, A5)

Although it has its moments -- particularly on the title track -- Luther Allison's debut album, Love Me Mama, is on the whole uneven, featuring more mediocre tracks than killer cuts. Nevertheless, it offers intriguing glimpses of the style he would later develop. ---Thom Owens, AllMusic Review

Luther Allison was the most popular and critically acclaimed blues artist of 1996, winning 5 W.C. Handy Awards and Living Blues Awards for Blues Artist of the Year, Most Outstanding Guitarist, Best Live Performer, Best Album and Best Song. Allison is a member of the elite group of Chicago bluesmen who originated what has become known as the “West Side” sound. Recorded in 1969, Love Me Mama was Luther’s very first album and it outsold any other Delmark album issued by an artist not already established with an R&B single. ---delmark.com

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01. - Cancel My Check
02. - Living In The House Of The Blues
03. - What Have I Done Wrong
04. - Will It Ever Change
05. - You Can You Can
06. - There Comes A Time
07. - (Watching You) Cherry Red Wine
08. - Low Down And Dirty
09. - It Hurts Me Too
10. – Serious

Luther Allison – vocals, guitar
James Solberg – guitar
Ken Faltinson – bass
Mike Vlahakis – keyboards
Rob Stupka - drums

"Songs From The Road" documented one of the magic moments of the blues-legend Luther Allison, who dies in 1997. Recorded in Montreal by the Canadian Television at 4th July 1997, only 4 days before he had to cancel his tour, and to come back on stage never again. In a set about nearly 90 minutes (which is documented on CD in nearly the whole length, and the TV-Edition about 56min. on DVD) Luther burns down a real blues-firework for his fans. As he has known, that this concert would be the last documented one. ---bluesforum.com

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1	Little Red Rooster	4:09
2	Evil Is Going On		4:35
3	Raggedy and Dirty	3:38	
4	Rock Me Baby	5:42
5	Bad News Is Coming	7:22
6	Cut You A-Loose	5:55
7	Dust My Broom		2:43
8	Stumble	2:19
9	Sweet Home Chicago	4:09	
10	It's Been A Long Time	10:40		
11	Take My Love	4:20

Luther Allison (vocals, guitar); 
Ray Goodman (guitar); 
Garfield Angove (harmonica); 
Paul White (piano); 
Andrew Smith (bass, drums).

The very thing that made Luther Allison noteworthy became an albatross around his neck. Years after his initial run of records in the '70s, he was known for the same thing he was at the time -- he was the only blues artist on Gordy, or any Motown affiliated label. This was true and novel, but many focused on the novelty, not the truth, ignoring Allison's status as a terrific torchbearer of raw Chicago blues. Some of material illustrates some contemporary influence -- dig that funky groove and organ on "Raggedy and Dirty," or the rock-oriented slow burn of Mel London's "Cut You A-Loose" -- but as his original title track illustrates, he can also deliver a torturous, impassioned slow grind. Still, this isn't an album about originality, it's a record how tradition can remain alive in a contemporary setting. Apart from the slightly cleaner production and the extended running time, this could have been released 15 years earlier, since its heart is in classic Chicago blues, particularly Chess. He draws on Willie Dixon via Howlin' Wolf for the first two tracks, dipping into Elmore James and B.B. King's catalogs later on in the record. This accounts for over half of the album's running time, and every one of these tunes are familiar -- and, for good measure, he dips into "Spoonful" on "Cut You A-Loose" -- but what matters is Allison's performance, which is never less than committed and usually gripping. And that's what makes this record work -- it's firmly on familiar territory, but Allison gives it his own personality through the sheer strength of his love for this music. Perhaps that doesn't make for a revolutionary debut -- it's not a visionary record the way, say, Magic Sam's West Side Soul is -- but that would come later. With Bad News Is Coming, Luther Allison just delivered one of the best straight-ahead Chicago blues records of the early '70s. Too bad everybody thought of it as a little folly on Motown. [Allison and producer Joe Peraino cut a lot of material during these sessions, and four of the best of these outtakes -- the original "It's Been a Long Time," plus versions of "The Stumble," "Sweet Home Chicago," and "Take My Love (I Want to Give It All to You)" -- appeared on Universal/Motown's excellent 2001 reissue. There's really no difference in quality with these cuts; they simply couldn't fit on the original, but thanks to the expanded time of a CD, there's four other first-class cuts to savor on this fine modern blues platter. --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

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01. Here I Come 		play
02. Vision 
03. Midnight Creeper 
04. I Just Can t Turn You A-Loose 
05. A Change Must Come 
06. Too Many Women 		play
07. Guitar Slingin 
08. An Old Sweet Song 
09. You re My Woman 
10. I Think I Need Some Help 
11. Glass Trap 
12. Overseas Boogie

Luther Allison - vocals, guitar, 
Michel Carras - keyboards, 
“Fast Frank” Rabaste - guitars, slide guitar, Lead guitar on Vision, 
Zox - bass, 
J. Mattes - drums, percussion 

Many people in various music circles consider Luther Allison (1939-1997) to be the Jimi Hendrix of the blues. Allison took a Chicago Blues skeletal frame and added his own interpretive embellishments of soul, reggae, jazz, funk and rock. Like Hendrix, Allison would lose himself in guitar mantras and often jam his shows out for up to four hours. In his youth, he was the second youngest of fifteen kids living in a house on the cotton fields of Widener, Arkansas. Allison played the organ in church and sang Gospel as a child. He grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry and B.B. King on his father's radio, which inspired him to hang out in blues clubs during his teenage years. He befriended Charles Waters (son of Muddy) when he was eighteen. Before long, this friendship lead to a priceless musical education; Allison was soon sitting in with Muddy Waters, Elmore James, and Howlin' Wolf.

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1. Dust My Broom
2. I Got Worries
3. You Don't Love Me
4. Goin' Down
5. I'm Gonna Leave You Alone
6. Sweet Home Chicago

Vocals, Guitar – Luther Allison

For those who missed seeing Luther Allison, this collection from the seventies finds him at the top of his game as a great old school blues man who pumped fresh energy and passion into some fine old songs from Elmore James, Robert Johnson and Buddy Guy. He puts his distinctive twist into each one, particularly his supercharged version of "Sweet Home Chicago", a song he used to close his shows during this period. Luther took over Freddie King's band after King's early death and he pays an intense tribute to him in "I'm Going Down". Luther had an electrifying effect upon his audiences, the women even more so than the men and he struts his stuff in his fine "I Got Worries." As a devoted admirer of Luther Allison since I first heard him in the early eighties, this album remains one of his four best. ---J. McCarthyJr, amazon.com

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1. Luther Allison - Strokes (4:20) 
2. Luther Allison - You're Gonna Need Me (5:45) 
3. Luther Allison - You Upset Me Baby (6:42) 
4. Luther Allison - Movin' On Up (5:18) 
5. Luther Allison - The Thrill Is Gone (9:52) 
6. Luther Allison - Cat Blues (7:54) 
7. Luther Allison - Messin' With The Kid (4:30)

Alto Saxophone – Mike Allen
Artwork – George "Award Winning" Snow
Bass – Kenny Berdoll
Drums – Kenny Arnold
Engineer [Location Recording] – Mike Grimm
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Luther Allison
Keyboards – Sid Wingfield

The tracks on this disc were recorded live at a nightclub in Peoria Heights, Illinois in 1979. Luther skillfullly reworks B.B.King's "Thrill is Gone" then adds his interpretation of Junior Wells "Messing with the Kid". He also throws in some of his own songs and "You're Gonna Need Me" is my favorite of those. The next to the last band-and my favorite- is "Cat Blues", Luther's funny tribute to the Caterpillar Tractor company (based in Peoria)and his own troubles working there. "Cat Blues" gives the best sense of the magic that Luther Allison worked upon his audience as he is cheered on by the audience, some of whom worked at Caterpillar themselves. If money is tight, I might suggest blues lovers download only the two songs, "Cat Blues" and "Thrill is Gone". ---J. McCarthyJr, amazon.com

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1.  Luther's Blues  
2.  Someday Pretty Baby
3.  Easy Baby 
4.  Part Time Love  
5.  Now You Got It 
6.  K.T. 
7.  Let's Have A Little Talk  
8.  Driving Wheel  
9.  Into My Life 
10.  San-Ho-Zay 
11.  Bloomington Closing  
12.  Medley: I'm Gonna Miss My Baby/Bad News Is Coming/The Thrill Is Gone

Luther Allison (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, harmonica); 
Gene Block, Ray Goodman (guitar); 
Tom Curry, Paul White (piano, organ, keyboards); 
Bob Babbitt, Gary Beam (bass); 
K.J. Knight, Andrew Smith (drums).

Luther's Blues is where Luther Allison began to come into his own, developing a fluid, gutsy style full of soulful string bending. There are still a few weak spots, but the album remains an effective slice of contemporary Chicago blues. ---Thom Owens, AllMusic. Review

Originally released by Motown in 1973, Luther’s Blues was not a big seller. Not that it’s not a great album. It is. But maybe Motown at that time wasn’t the best place to sell a blues record.

The young Luther definitely bares some resemblance to the fella who re-emerged in the ’90s and blew away the blues world. Listen to the big, thick, stinging tone on the title cut and the big, soulful vocals. And to top it off, he has a very cool and funny conversation with his guitar toward the end of the tune. There are great songs, with solos that’ll have you grinning ear to ear. “Let’s Have a Little Talk” has a 40-second intro that lets Luther run through some changes and show his stuff. Then, it’s a slow blues with a solo that can only be described as brilliant. For pure taste and a great vibrato, check out the funk of “Into My Life.” There are cuts here that don’t have solos, but allow Luther to show off his great voice and feel for the blues.

Topping of this great package are three killer bonus cuts; a cover of Freddie King’s “San-Ho-Zay” is pure fire, rowdy and fun as it gets; the funk of “Bloomington Closing Early Version” allows for nice, sinewy soloing; and the final medley (which clocks in at almost 20 minutes) is one of those things that’s just a pure joy to listen to. Listen to Luther yell out a key change! You gotta love it!

Allison was one of those guys who looked like and carried himself like a guitar player. And the raw power and emotion of his singing and playing are very evident here. A nice record of the early work of one of the giants of the blues. --- John Heidt, vintageguitar.com

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