Highs & Lows Bernard Allison SKU: RUF2078 Barcode: 710347207818 26.00 £26.00 Genre: Blues Label: Ruf Records Released Date: 25th March 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Theres nothing like the sound of a world-class bluesman getting back to business. Last October, when Bernard Allison returned to his old haunt of Bessie Blue Studios, Tennessee, to be greeted by fabled producer and career-long collaborator Jim Gaines, it felt like coming home. And when Allison fired up the amps, counted in the band and embarked upon his latest studio album, Highs And Lows, everything felt right with the world. Just to be able to create music again after the pandemic, he says of that long-awaited rebirth, was incredible. For 56 years, music has been Bernard Allisons essence. As the youngest son of the much-missed Chicago bandleader Luther Allison, he was a bluesman from birth. One week after graduating high school, Bernard cut his teeth on the road with Koko Taylors Blues Machine lineup and ended up staying for most of the 80s. By the close of the decade, however, he assumed a twin identity, leading and writing for his fathers band, while forging a solo career that exploded in Europe off the back of early albums like The Next Generation (1990), No Mercy (1994) and Funkifino (1995). Now, released in February 2022 on Ruf Records, Highs And Lows sees Bernard acknowledge his lineage through two classic songs by his father Gave It All and Now You Got It while offering nine originals. Try the irresistible groove of Hustler: a funk gem written by Bernard with Andrew Thomas, whose horn-and-harp groove evokes the strut of the title character. Or the masterful Last Night, which shifts tempo from an upbeat chop to a weeping slow-blues, capturing the changing moods of a man chasing his runaround woman. As for the title track, Bernard says it speaks for anyone left bemused by lifes rollercoaster: Its a part of life, the ups and downs that everyone deals with. Right now, with a new album of stellar material to take out on his New Year tour, Bernard Allison is back in the ascendency and the man cant wait to return to his natural habitat. The song So Excited is basically about the excitement of being able to be back on the road again, he says. I think everyone can relate to that. Artist Bernard Allison Genre Blues Label Ruf Records Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings So Excited Highs & Lows Strain On My Heart My Way Or The Highway Side Step Hustler Now You Got It I Gave It All My Kinda Girl Satisfy Her Needs Last Night Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Blues View Product Quick View Kenny Wayne Shepherd Goin’ Home Blues | Provogue | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 17th November 2023 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kenny Wayne Shepherd Goin’ Home £23.00 Genre: Blues Label: Provogue SKU: PRD743812 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 17th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Various St. Louis Town 1927 – 1932 (St. Louis Town 1929-1933) Blues | Yazoo | 1LP Released 24th March 2022 £30.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Various St. Louis Town 1927 – 1932 (St. Louis Town 1929-1933) £30.00 Genre: Blues Label: Yazoo SKU: nn239421 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th March 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Louisiana Red The Lowdown Back Porch Blues Blues | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 8th October 2013 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Louisiana Red The Lowdown Back Porch Blues £34.00 Genre: Blues Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPANR25200 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 8th October 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rory Gallagher Deuce Blues | UMC | 3LP Released 30th September 2022 £50.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rory Gallagher Deuce £50.00 Genre: Blues Label: UMC SKU: 4554223 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dr Feelgood Live 1990 at Cheltenham Town Hall Blues | Demon | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th October 2017 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dr Feelgood Live 1990 at Cheltenham Town Hall £24.00 Genre: Blues Label: Demon SKU: DEMREC234 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johnny Winter Live And Blues | Friday Music | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 17th March 2014 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Johnny Winter Live And £35.00 Genre: Blues Label: Friday Music SKU: FRM3047 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 17th March 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tedeschi Trucks Band Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN’) featuring Trey Anastasio Blues | Fantasy | 3LP Released 16th July 2021 £52.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tedeschi Trucks Band Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN’) featuring Trey Anastasio £52.00 Genre: Blues Label: Fantasy SKU: 7223654 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 16th July 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rory Gallagher Rory Gallagher Blues | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 26th July 2019 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rory Gallagher Rory Gallagher £18.00 Genre: Blues Label: UMC SKU: 7765537 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duster Bennett/Fleetwood Mac Smiling Like I’m Happy Blues | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 10th November 2011 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duster Bennett/Fleetwood Mac Smiling Like I’m Happy £34.00 Genre: Blues Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPRLP763208 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th November 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Samantha Fish Kill Or Be Kind Americana / Country | Rounder | 1LP Released 20th September 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Samantha Fish Kill Or Be Kind £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Rounder SKU: 1166100585 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Blues Start again
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