Bernard Allison - Luther's Blues (2024) [Hi-Res]

The track list spans exactly 30 years, from "Hang On" - recorded in Paris in the summer of 1992, when Allison was in his mid-20s - to a pair of cuts from his most recent studio album Highs & Lows, which hit #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart in 2022 and earned a Blues Rock Album of the Year nomination at the Blues Music Awards. His interpretations of enduring Luther Allison-penned tunes like "Bad Love," "Life Is A Bitch" and "Let's Try It Again" are included, and while we may think of these songs as classics today, Bernard Allison has played a huge role in keeping them in our collective consciousness. That's especially true of "Serious," a Luther Allison favorite first released in 1987. His son calls it "that special song that I perform every night" and believes it is his father's most popular song across the world.

The 20-song Luther's Blues is not the first album to pay tribute to the late, great Luther Allison. What makes this collection different is that it comes from Luther's own progeny - Bernard Allison, a lifelong musician who soaked up blues traditions during his youth in Chicago, later followed his dad to Europe, became the leader of the Luther Allison Band and eventually made his own way, creating exciting new sounds for a new generation.