Bernard Allison

In the organizer's words:

Luther's Blues Tour 2025

Anyone who has ever been to a Bernard Allison concert or is familiar with his discography knows how much it means to him to keep his father's musical legacy alive. "At the beginning of my career, I made a promise to myself and my mother, Fannie Mae Allison, that I would include at least one or two of my father's songs on every album," he explains. Bernard has kept his word: Both at concerts and on his records, he still faithfully performs his father's songs to this day. He usually does this in a funky, rock-oriented style that is clearly different from the traditional blues he grew up with. When he was still finding his own musical voice, his father encouraged him to "play it the way you feel it" rather than copying what came before him. Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Ruf Records and more than three decades after the debut of blues guitar master Bernard Allison, Luther's Blues extensively celebrates the musical legacy of Bernard's father Luther Allison - a true legend of Chicago blues and a central figure in the record label's history. The double CD contains 20 outstanding recordings by Bernard Allison, each one a composition by Luther Allison that previously appeared on one of Bernard's many albums. Allison himself selected the tracks for this collection; Pauler Acoustics, a renowned address in the hi-fi scene, has lovingly remastered them.
The 20 Luther Allison songs on Luther's Blues have thus been upgraded for the 21st century by a representative of the next blues generation. They are not necessarily Luther's most famous songs. When working on a new album, Bernard says, he often looks for "songs that were overlooked by my father back then. I then give them my own touch".
He has never lost sight of where he comes from and is back on tour!