together with:
Joanna Connor - Otis Grand - James Solberg - The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - Patrick Verbeke - Kenn Lending - Marla Glen - Bernard Allison - Horns of Holland - Friend 'n Fellow

Tracks 1,3,4,5,7,9: previously unreleased
Tracks 6,10,11: currently out of print
Tracks 3,9,11 are live; all others are studio tracks

2002: Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik

Release date

8/2002

Release Notes

Five Years after his untimely passing, Ruf Records releases "Pay It Forward" celebrating what would have been Luther Allison´s 63rd birthday on August 17th, 2002. Those 12 tracks were recorded from 1984 to 1994 during Luther´s self-imposed exile years in Paris, France.

"Pay It Forward" features many previously unreleased recordings and tracks which have been out of print for years. It features various guest artists who Luther performed with:
Joanna Connor - Otis Grand - James Solberg - The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - Patrick Verbeke - Kenn Lending - Marla Glen - Bernard Allison.

"Pay It Forward" names the conception Luther Allison lived as performer and artist:

"My blues have taken me around the world, from Chicago to Berlin, from Tokyo to Paris, it never mattered to me what color your skin is or what country you live in, as long as we share in that feelin´ I call the blues and become friends." - Luther Allison

Tracklist

1. I Wanna Be With You
2. Still Called The Blues
3. Dock Of The Bay
4. Just As I Am
5. Nobody But You
6. Perfume & Grime
7. Cherry Red Wine
8. Idols In My Mind
9. Hoochie Coochie Man
10. Slipping Away
11. Love Is Free
12. I Know (Bonus Jam)