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#202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Luther Allison</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:LutherAllison1996.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Allison in 1996"><img alt="Allison in 1996" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/LutherAllison1996.jpg/220px-LutherAllison1996.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/LutherAllison1996.jpg/330px-LutherAllison1996.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/LutherAllison1996.jpg/440px-LutherAllison1996.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1127" data-file-height="1787" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Allison in 1996</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Luther Sylvester Allison</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1939-08-18</span>)</span>August 18, 1939<br /><a href="/wiki/Widener,_Arkansas" title="Widener, Arkansas">Widener, Arkansas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 12, 1997<span style="display:none">(1997-08-12)</span> (aged 57)<br /><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_blues" title="Chicago blues">Chicago blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Electric_blues" title="Electric blues">electric blues</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>guitar</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1957–1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delmark_Records" title="Delmark Records">Delmark</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Motown_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Motown Records">Motown</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator</a></li><li>Rumble</li><li><a href="/wiki/Blind_Pig_Records" title="Blind Pig Records">Blind Pig</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Luther Sylvester Allison</b><sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (August 17, 1939 – August 12, 1997)<sup id="cite_ref-Dead_rock_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dead_rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Widener,_Arkansas" title="Widener, Arkansas">Widener, Arkansas</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although some accounts suggest his actual place of birth was <a href="/wiki/Mayflower,_Arkansas" title="Mayflower, Arkansas">Mayflower, Arkansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allison was interested in music as a child and during the late 1940s he toured in a family gospel group called The Southern Travellers.<sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved with his family to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in 1951<sup id="cite_ref-amy_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and attended <a href="/wiki/Farragut_Career_Academy" title="Farragut Career Academy">Farragut High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he was classmates with <a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a>' son.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He taught himself guitar and began listening to blues extensively. Three years later he dropped out of school<sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and began hanging around outside blues nightclubs with the hopes of being invited to perform. Allison played with the bands of <a href="/wiki/Howlin%27_Wolf" title="Howlin' Wolf">Howlin' Wolf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freddie_King" title="Freddie King">Freddie King</a>, taking over King's band when King toured nationally.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dawkins" title="Jimmy Dawkins">Jimmy Dawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_Sam" title="Magic Sam">Magic Sam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Otis_Rush" title="Otis Rush">Otis Rush</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also backed <a href="/wiki/James_Cotton" title="James Cotton">James Cotton</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Reader" title="Chicago Reader">Chicago Reader</a> has called him "the Jimi Hendrix of blues guitar".<sup id="cite_ref-Luther_Allison_was_the_Jimi_Hendrix_of_blues_guitar_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luther_Allison_was_the_Jimi_Hendrix_of_blues_guitar-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luther_Allison&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luther_Allison&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Luther Sylvester Allison was born on August 18, 1939, in Widener, Arkansas, the fourteenth of 15 children. His family moved to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> when he was 12, in search of better opportunities. Several of Allison's siblings sang in a gospel group called the Southern Travellers. One of his older brothers, Ollie, soon began working as a guitarist on Chicago's booming South Side blues scene. Seeking to emulate his brother, Luther took up the guitar himself. By the middle of his teens, Allison was good enough to sit in with his brother's band on club dates.<sup id="cite_ref-Luther_Allison_Biography_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luther_Allison_Biography-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luther_Allison&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1954, Allison jammed with his brother's band, the Ollie Lee Allison Band.<sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1957, he had formed a band with Ollie and another brother, Grant Allison, initially called The Rolling Stones, later changed to The Four Jivers, and they performed at clubs in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luther_Allison_AABF_1970_JT.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Luther Allison at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. Photo by Jeff Titon." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Luther_Allison_AABF_1970_JT.jpg/220px-Luther_Allison_AABF_1970_JT.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="386" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Luther_Allison_AABF_1970_JT.jpg/330px-Luther_Allison_AABF_1970_JT.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Luther_Allison_AABF_1970_JT.jpg/440px-Luther_Allison_AABF_1970_JT.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1196" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>Luther Allison at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival.</figcaption></figure> <p>Allison's big break came in 1957, when <a href="/wiki/Howlin%27_Wolf" title="Howlin' Wolf">Howlin' Wolf</a> invited him to the stage. The same year he worked briefly with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dawkins" title="Jimmy Dawkins">Jimmy Dawkins</a>, playing in local clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-harris_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Freddie_King" title="Freddie King">Freddie King</a> took Allison under his wing, and after King got a record deal, Allison took over his gig in the house band of a club on Chicago's West Side.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked the club circuit in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, Allison moved to <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> for a year where he worked with <a href="/wiki/Shakey_Jake_Harris" title="Shakey Jake Harris">Shakey Jake Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunnyland_Slim" title="Sunnyland Slim">Sunnyland Slim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recorded his first single in 1965. He signed a recording contract with <a href="/wiki/Delmark_Records" title="Delmark Records">Delmark Records</a> in 1967 and released his debut album, <i>Love Me Mama</i>, the following year. He performed a well-received set at the 1969 <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor_Blues_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Ann Arbor Blues Festival">Ann Arbor Blues Festival</a> and as a result was asked to perform there in each of the next three years.<sup id="cite_ref-amy_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He toured nationwide. In 1972, he signed with <a href="/wiki/Motown_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Motown Records">Motown Records</a>, becoming one of the label's very few blues artists.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-russell_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-russell-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-1970s he toured Europe. He moved to France in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-russell_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-russell-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allison was known for his powerful concert performances, lengthy soulful guitar solos and crowd walking with his <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title="Gibson Les Paul">Gibson Les Paul</a>. He lived briefly during this period in <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a>, where he signed with Rumble Records, releasing two live recordings, <i>Gonna Be a Live One in Here Tonight!</i>, produced by Bill Knight, and <i>Power Wire Blues</i>, produced by George Faber and Jeffrey P. Hess. Allison played the bar circuit in the United States during this period and spent eight months of the year in Europe at high-profile venues, including the <a href="/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival" title="Montreux Jazz Festival">Montreux Jazz Festival</a>. In 1992, he performed with the French rock and roll star <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hallyday" title="Johnny Hallyday">Johnny Hallyday</a> in 18 shows in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, also playing during the intermission. </p><p>Allison's manager and European agent, Thomas Ruf, founded <a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf Records</a> in 1994. Signing with Ruf Records, Allison launched a comeback in association with <a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator Records</a>. Alligator founder <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Iglauer" title="Bruce Iglauer">Bruce Iglauer</a> convinced Allison to return to the United States. The album <i>Soul Fixin' Man</i> was recorded and released in 1994, and Allison toured the United States and Canada. He won four <a href="/wiki/Blues_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues Music Award">W. C. Handy Awards</a> in 1994. With the James Solberg Band backing him, nonstop touring and the release of <i>Blue Streak</i> (featuring the song "Cherry Red Wine"), Allison earned more Handy Awards and gained wider recognition. He won several Living Blues Awards and was featured on the covers of blues publications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illness_and_death">Illness and death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luther_Allison&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Illness and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his tour in the summer of 1997, Allison checked into a hospital on July 10, 1997 for dizziness and loss of coordination. It was discovered that he had a tumor on his lung that had <a href="/wiki/Metastasis" title="Metastasis">metastasized</a> to his brain.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began radiation therapy on July 16, which lasted until August 1. In and out of a coma, Allison died on August 12, 1997, five days before his 58th birthday, in <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-amy_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Luther_Allison_Update_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luther_Allison_Update-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final album, <i><a href="/wiki/Reckless_(Luther_Allison_album)" title="Reckless (Luther Allison album)">Reckless</a></i>, had just been released five months prior. </p><p>His son <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Allison" title="Bernard Allison">Bernard Allison</a>, at one time a member of his band, is now a solo recording artist. Bernard, the youngest of nine siblings, was exposed to all kinds of music by his father. The younger Allison made his first venture into the music business at age 13, when he performed on a live album with his father.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allison was posthumously inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Blues_Hall_of_Fame" title="Blues Hall of Fame">Blues Hall of Fame</a> in 1998. In 2000, the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i> called him "the <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> of the blues".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a strong influence on many young blues guitarists, such as <a href="/wiki/Chris_Beard_(singer)" title="Chris Beard (singer)">Chris Beard</a><sup id="cite_ref-Independent_Midwest_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent_Midwest-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Sears" title="Reggie Sears">Reggie Sears</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reggie_Sears_–_Related_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reggie_Sears_–_Related-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allison is buried at Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Homewood,_Illinois" title="Homewood, Illinois">Homewood, Illinois</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luther_Allison&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_and_live_albums">Studio and live albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luther_Allison&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Studio and live albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><b>Year</b> </td> <td><b>Title</b> </td> <td><b>Label</b> </td> <td><b>Number</b> </td> <td><b>Notes</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Me_Mama" title="Love Me Mama">Love Me Mama</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delmark_Records" title="Delmark Records">Delmark</a></td> <td>625</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972</td> <td><i>Bad News Is Coming</i></td> <td>Motown/<a href="/wiki/Gordy_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordy Records">Gordy</a></td> <td>964</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974</td> <td><i>Luther's Blues</i></td> <td>Motown/<a href="/wiki/Gordy_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordy Records">Gordy</a></td> <td>967</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td><i>Night Life</i></td> <td>Motown/<a href="/wiki/Gordy_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordy Records">Gordy</a></td> <td>974</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977</td> <td><i>Love Me Papa</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Black_%26_Blue_Records" title="Black & Blue Records">Black & Blue</a></td> <td>33.524</td> <td>Reissued as Estudio Eldorado 524 (Brazil) and Evidence CD 26015 (U.S.) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td><i>Gonna Be a Live One in Here Tonight!</i></td> <td>Rumble</td> <td>1001</td> <td>Recorded live in Peoria, Illinois, on April 18–19, 1979; reissued as <i>South Side Safari</i>, Red Lightnin' 0036 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td><i>Power Wire Blues</i></td> <td>Rumble</td> <td>1004</td> <td>Part 2 of the Peoria concert; reissued 1985 as <a href="/wiki/Charly_Records" title="Charly Records">Charly</a> 1105 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td><i>Live in Paris</i></td> <td>Paris Album/Buda</td> <td>2-28501</td> <td>Recorded in Paris, La Chapelle Des Lombards, 1979; also issued as Ruf 1354, Free Bird 209/FLY06, Pläne 88295, Platinum 161354 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td><i>Live</i></td> <td>Blue Silver</td> <td>3001/3321</td> <td>Part 2 of the 1979 Paris concert; also on Blue Sky/Buda </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td><i>Time</i></td> <td>Paris Album/Buda</td> <td>2-28505</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td><i>Let's Have a Natural Ball</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/JSP_Records" title="JSP Records">JSP</a></td> <td>1077</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td><i>Life Is a Bitch</i></td> <td>Encore!/Melodie</td> <td>131</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blind_Pig_Records" title="Blind Pig Records">Blind Pig</a> 2287 (1987) in the U.S., retitled <i><a href="/wiki/Serious_(Luther_Allison_album)" title="Serious (Luther Allison album)">Serious</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td><i>Here I Come</i></td> <td>Encore!/Melodie</td> <td>133</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td><i>Rich Man</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf</a></td> <td>8001</td> <td>Also RFR 1005, Charly CRB 1227, Orbis BLU NC 044 (plus 3 bonus tracks) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td><i>More from Berlin</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_West_Records" title="East West Records">East West</a></td> <td>LACD 1991-2</td> <td>Live, 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><i>Hand Me Down My Moonshine</i></td> <td>Inak/<a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf</a></td> <td>1047</td> <td>Acoustic </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><i>Bercy 92</i> (<a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hallyday" title="Johnny Hallyday">Johnny Hallyday</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">Philips</a></td> <td>514 400</td> <td>Electric guitar on one title; recorded live at the <a href="/wiki/Palais_Omnisports_de_Paris-Bercy" class="mw-redirect" title="Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy">Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Fixin%27_Man" title="Soul Fixin' Man">Soul Fixin' Man</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator</a></td> <td>4820</td> <td>Ruf 1021 in Europe, retitled <i>Bad Love</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Streak_(album)" title="Blue Streak (album)">Blue Streak</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator</a></td> <td>4834</td> <td>Ruf 7712 in Europe </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><i>Live ’89: Let's Try It Again</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf</a></td> <td>1028</td> <td>Recorded in Berlin, May 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><i>Live in Montreux: Where Have You Been?</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf</a></td> <td>1008</td> <td>Recorded 1976–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Reckless_(Luther_Allison_album)" title="Reckless (Luther Allison album)">Reckless</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator</a></td> <td>4849</td> <td>Ruf 1012 in Europe </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Chicago_(Luther_Allison_album)" title="Live in Chicago (Luther Allison album)">Live in Chicago</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator</a></td> <td>4869</td> <td>Ruf 1042 in Europe, recorded 1995–1997, 2-disc set </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><i>Standing at the Crossroad</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Black_%26_Blue_Records" title="Black & Blue Records">Black & Blue</a></td> <td>421.1</td> <td>Recorded 1977 in Paris; also Night & Day 210, Blues Reference </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><i>Pay It Forward</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf</a></td> <td>1060</td> <td>Recorded 1984–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td><i>Underground</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf</a></td> <td>1132</td> <td>Recorded c. 1958 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><i>Songs from the Road</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruf_Records" title="Ruf Records">Ruf</a></td> <td>1157</td> <td>CD and DVD recorded in Montreal, 1997 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-Luther_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luther-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-Ruf_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruf-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-Paris_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paris-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-Rolling_Stone_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rolling_Stone-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilations">Compilations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luther_Allison&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Compilations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><b>Year</b> </td> <td><b>Title</b> </td> <td><b>Label</b> </td> <td><b>Number</b> </td> <td><b>Notes</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td><i>Sweet Home Chicago</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charly_Records" title="Charly Records">Charly</a></td> <td>BM-37</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><i>The Motown Years, 1972–1976</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a>/Universal</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video">Video</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luther_Allison&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Video"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><b>Year</b> </td> <td><b>Title</b> </td> <td><b>Label</b> </td> <td><b>Number</b> </td> 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