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Title: Luther Allison - Luther’s Blues
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1974, Blues, Chicago Blues/Electric Blues, Widener, Arkansas / Chicago, Illinois 6/26
Matrix #: G 967V1
Condition: VG+, sounds good, looks good, some marks CC | Members: Luther A (39' - 97')
Cultural Facts:
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Scene Ecology Allison came up through Chicago’s West Side blues scene, absorbing the city’s rougher electric style while standing slightly outside the older Chess Records generation.
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Personal Struggle After struggling for wider recognition in the U.S., Allison spent years working heavily in Europe, where blues audiences kept his career alive before his 1990s comeback.
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Studio Lore Luther’s Blues came out on Gordy, a Motown imprint, making it an unusual example of raw electric blues passing through a label system better known for polished soul and pop.
6/2/2026 CC