BLUE STREAK (180g Vinyl)
Product no.: RUF 2044
Description
Release 1996 - now on vinyl!
Blues legend Luther Allison returned (from an extensive US-Tour) with a studio album full of energy and vitality.
In May 1996, he won 5 trophies on the 17th W.C. Handy Awards in Memphis for this great album.
Blues Entertainer of the Year
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Blues Instrumentalist of the Year: Guitar
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year ("Blue Streak")
Blues Song of the Year: "Watching You" ("Cherry Red Wine in the U.S.”)
Finally this great man, who celebrated the Blues Music for years, was honored in from of these 5 “Handy Awards”.
As its predecessor, „Bad Love“, highly praised by the American and British Press, „Blue Streak“ was recorded in Memphis, TN teaming up again with star producer JIM GAINES and the MEMPHIS HORNS.
„Blue Streak“ was a natural step for Luther Allison for his long awaited break through in his home country, the US.
Billboard was highly enthusiastic: „his guitar is marvelous and flashy as well as bluesy, and his voice reminds more of then anybody of Otis Redding...“
Indeed - “Blue Streak” are finely worked blues songs – Allison brand, a soulful voice and a guitar killer. Thank you, Mr. Allison!
TRACK LIST
SIDE A
01
All The King's Horses
00:05:37
02
What Have I Done Wrong?
00:04:48
03
Big City
00:05:24
04
Move From The 'Hood
00:03:42
05
What's Going On In My Home?
00:04:06
06
You Don't Know
00:02:47
SIDE B
01
Watching You
00:04:21
02
Walking Papers
00:04:28
03
Think With Your Heart
00:04:57
04
I Believe In You
00:04:35
05
Should I Wait?
00:05:04
06
Midnight Creeper
00:03:39