Live in Chicago | 
 enlarge | Artist: Luther Allison
Label: Alligator Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 28150
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 514869
UPC: 014551486923
EAN: 0014551486923
ASIN: B00000JWP7
Release Date: August 24, 1999
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Soul Fixin' Man | | • | Cherry Red Wine | | • | Move from the Hood | | • | Bad Love | | • | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | | • | Big City | | • | Give Me Back My Wig - Luther Allison, Taylor, Hound Dog | | • | It Hurts Me Too - Luther Allison, Whittaker, Hudson | | • | Medley: Gambler's Blues/Sweet Little Angel - Luther Allison, King & Pate |
Disc 2
| • | Party Time | | • | All the King's Horses | | • | What Have I Done Wrong? - Luther Allison, Magic Sam [1] | | • | Walking Papers | | • | Think With Your Heart | | • | What's Going on in My Home? | | • | Will It Ever Change? | | • | You're Gonna Make Me Cry - Luther Allison, Malone, Deadric | | • | Everything's Gonna Be All Right - Luther Allison, |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The blues world lost a treasure when Luther Allison died in 1997, just as he was finally garnering the recognition he so richly deserved. If there's any question of that, this live album, recorded at the 1995 Chicago Blues Festival and at Buddy Guy's Legends, will dispel any such notion. A performer and songwriter of the first order, Allison had the sort of mastery of his instrument that comes from long experience; whether rolling off licks on the "Gambler's Blues/Sweet Little Angel" medley, or playing extended solos on "All the King's Horses," Allison's on the ball and in control at all times. This album contains mostly newer material previously recorded for Alligator Records, like "Soul Fixin' Man," "Bad Love," "All the King's Horses," and "What Have I Done Wrong?" Overall, this is an excellent memorial to a musician who should be remembered. --Genevieve Williams
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| Customer Reviews:
Big Dans says August 1, 2008
Daniel J. Bullock (Geneva, NY. USA)
Plays the Blues like its life or death a very intense style that seems to be from this age player that came along after the big names psssed the tourch
awesome! July 23, 2008
Steven P. Troy (seattle.wa.)
i bought this cd on amazon a week or so ago and could not be happier.i originally heard his song "cherry red wine"on a compilation blues cd and was blown away.every song is excellent.you can hear allison having a lot of fun during this concert.searing guitar blues at it's best.buy this cd...you will not be disappointed.
Watching YOU, babe...watching you, ALL the time... November 2, 2007
Mike (San Jose, CA)
I've got to say this right up front...if "Live In Chicago" doesn't send you a powerful message about your commitment to your own life and the degree to which you're doing what you were put here to do, stop reading the review right here. This is not the CD for you.
Luther was...and is...a bluesman. He wasn't born BB or Freddie or Albert of John Lee or Buddy, so he went to Paris and elsewhere to seek his fortunes. In 1984, blues visionary Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records gave Luther a chance at his New Renaissance. The resulting albums...Soul Fixin' Man, Blue Streak, and Reckless...will peel the paint right off of your walls if you have the courage to listen to them.
Luther wasn't BB. He wasn't Freddie. He wasn't Albert. He wasn't John Lee. He wasn't Buddy. But he deserves to stand next to them when the list of blues legends is read aloud.
Luther Allison journeyed to the next world on August 12, 1997.
"Live In Chicago" comes from performances at Buddy Guy's Legends (November 4th, 1995) and The Zoo Bar (Lincoln, NE, May 7, 1997).
"Live In Chicago" doesn't sound like the work of a dying man. It sounds like the work of a man on FIRE...an eternal flame that still burns on the day I'm writing this review, November 2nd, 2007...8 years after the CD's release.
There are no highlights on this CD. Disc 1 and Disc 2, from beginning to end, are the highlights. My all-time personal favorite song from Luther, "Cherry Red Wine" (from 1995's Blue Streak), becomes a terrifying eight-minute roller coaster ride. Luther's joined by Otis Rush on the medley of "Gambler's Blues/Sweet Little Angel." They're worth mentioning but they're only sparks in a much bigger fire.
You were put on this earth to accomplish something. Listen to "Live In Chicago" and get busy accomplishing it. Luther did. There are no unwritten chapters in the book of his life. He came, he saw, he CONQUERED. "Live In Chicago" is the proof. R.I.P., Bluesman...R.I.P.
RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "Chicago native, comes home "LIVE" to play the blues!" January 22, 2007
Rick Goldstein (Danville, Ca, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's unfortunate that Luther had to leave America and go to Europe to make a living, due to lack of interest in America. When he was invited to come home to Chicago for the 1995 Chicago Blues Festival, he came back with a vengeance! This DOUBLE CD, YES DOUBLE! Is a gem and a bargain. There is not one weak song on these CD's. Part of the performances take place at Buddy Guy's, Legend's nightclub. In addition, to the above, he teams up with his idol OTIS RUSH, ON A 10 MINUTE AND 25 SECOND tour de force of "GAMBLER'S BLUES/SWEET LITTLE ANGEL"! This CD (S) is on my 20 greatest electric blues guitar CD list.
 Great Blues Album From Late Guitar Slinger Luther Allison May 7, 2006
Terence Allen (Atlanta, GA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Luther Allison died just as he was on the verge of gaining the recognition in America that he so greatly wanted and richly deserved.
Live in Chicago features a broad range of guitar playing, from the straight-ahead blues playing on Soul Fixing Man and Cherry Red Wine, to great slide playing on Give Me Back My Wig, to plaintive singing and playing on Big City and You're Going To Make Me Cry.
Luther Allison is more than another tragic story of great talent lost too soon. On Live In Chicago, he proves that he has achieved music immortality with the skill, heart, and talent of someone whose music will be celebrated forever.
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