View basket “Don’t Turn Me From Your Door” has been added to your basket. 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 Paul Butterfield Blues Band Keep On Moving Blues | Rhino | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th July 2019 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul Butterfield Blues Band Keep On Moving £30.00 Genre: Blues Label: Rhino SKU: 0603497852093 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Reverend Gary Davis The Rough Guide To Reverend Gary Davis: The Guitar Evangelist Blues | World Music Network | 1LP Released 26th May 2023 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Reverend Gary Davis The Rough Guide To Reverend Gary Davis: The Guitar Evangelist £14.00 Genre: Blues Label: World Music Network SKU: RGNET1418LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lowell Fulson Lowell Fulson Blues | Doxy | 180g, 2LP Released 28th January 2013 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lowell Fulson Lowell Fulson £23.00 Genre: Blues Label: Doxy SKU: DOY669DLP Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 28th January 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Blind Boy Fuller On Down Vol.1 Blues | Saydisc | 1LP Released 24th March 2022 £16.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Blind Boy Fuller On Down Vol.1 £16.00 Genre: Blues Label: Saydisc SKU: nn239337 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th March 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Various Artists The Rough Guide to the Blues Songsters Blues | World Music Network | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 31st March 2017 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Rough Guide to the Blues Songsters £14.00 Genre: Blues Label: World Music Network SKU: RGNET1343LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 31st March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Canned Heat Live in Montreux Blues | Not Now Music | 180g, 2LP Released 1st October 2013 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Canned Heat Live in Montreux £22.00 Genre: Blues Label: Not Now Music SKU: LPVV2LP003 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 1st October 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills Super Session Blues | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 28th July 2008 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills Super Session £34.00 Genre: Blues Label: Speakers Corner SKU: CS9701 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 28th July 2008 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Various Artists Confessin The Blues Box Set Blues | BMG Records | 10", Box Set Released 9th November 2018 £61.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Confessin The Blues Box Set £61.00 Genre: Blues Label: BMG Records SKU: 4050538338447 Formats: 10", Box Set Released Date: 9th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Buddy Guy The Blues Is Alive And Well Blues | Silvertone | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th June 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Buddy Guy The Blues Is Alive And Well £20.00 Genre: Blues Label: Silvertone SKU: 19075812471 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bab L' Bluz Nayda Blues | Real World | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th July 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bab L' Bluz Nayda £19.00 Genre: Blues Label: Real World SKU: LPRW229 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Blues Start again
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