 Luther Allison performing at the 1996 Riverwalk Blues Festival. Image by Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Luther AllisonLuther Allison Luther Allison American blues guitarist (1939–1997) 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.[1][5] Allison was interested in music as a child and during the late 1940s he toured in a family gospel group called The Southern Travellers.[1] He moved with his family to Chicago in 1951[6] and attended Farragut High School[1] where he was classmates with Muddy Waters' son.[4] He taught himself guitar and began listening to blues extensively. Three years later he dropped out of school[1] and began hanging around outside blues nightclubs with the hopes of being invited… (Source: Wikipedia)
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