Luther Allison
Luther Allison
Luther Allison was an American blues guitarist. He was born in Widener, Arkansas, and moved with his family to Chicago in 1951. He taught himself guitar and began listening to blues extensively. Three years later he began hanging around outside blues nightclubs with the hopes of being invited to perform. He played with Howlin' Wolf's band and backed James Cotton...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth17 August 1939
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician became gave hard
I went from a champion... it became very hard in the beginning, because I gave up everything in the States, to take this chance.
allison american-musician believed knew luther met people
I went in '76, '78, '79, and I met people there who believed and knew a lot more about Luther Allison than the people in the States.
american-musician
We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States.
wall rocks rock-n-roll
The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.
play people ego
Leave your ego, play the music, love the people.
long
In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.
respect opportunity input
I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.
sunshine doors shining
I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday.
play doors people
Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.
bigs big-things
But my big thing was always the blues.
deals wells
Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do.
play people want
I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.
play people want
I want to play in a place people want to hear me.
way chicago my-way
When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.