Live in Chicago | |
Type: | Live album |
Artist: | Luther Allison |
Cover: | Live in Chicago (Luther Allison album).jpg |
Released: | 1999 |
Recorded: | June 3, 1995, November 4, 1995 and May 7, 1997 |
Venue: | The Chicago Blues Festival and Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago and Zoo Bar, Lincoln, Nebraska |
Genre: | Blues |
Length: | 131:41 |
Label: | Ruf/Alligator ALCD 4869 |
Producer: | Jim Gaines |
Chronology: | Luther Allison |
Prev Title: | Reckless |
Prev Year: | 1997 |
Next Title: | Pay It Forward |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Live in Chicago is a live album by the American blues musician Luther Allison, recorded in Chicago in 1995 and Nebraska in 1997 and released by the Alligator label in 1999.[1] [2]
Allmusic reviewer Cub Koda stated "Pulled from performances at the Chicago Blues Festival, Buddy Guy's Legends club with a couple of strays recorded in Lincoln, NE, that were too good not to include, this two-disc set captures Allison at the absolute peak of his powers ... Luther simply played his heart and spirit out right to the end and these recordings spotlight it in a very fine manner. One of the label's best". The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings said "the band is so well rehearsed that these versions of songs from the three previous Ruf/Alligator albums are easily the equal of the studio originals, apart from the longueurs of stage performance that don't translate to the living room. Rock-blues bombast is also present but for the most part kept in check".[3]
All compositions by Luther Allson and James Solberg except where noted
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