Ruf Records artist: Bernard Allison - Luther's Blues - New release review - video

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent double release, Luther's Blues, from Bernard Allison and it's a driving blues rocker. Opening with fiery, Hang On, this track oozes blues with it's rocking rhythm section and blues based rock soloing. Excellent opener. With a funky, Johnny Guitar or WW Washington feel, Too Many Women really hangs it out there. with an excellent trombone solo and plucky bass work, this is one of my favorites on the release. Serious, is a bluesy ballad with solid vocals and strong, melodic, lead guitar work and warm backing vocals. Excellent! Opening disc 2 is rocking shuffle, Back Down South with it's excellent bottom. This track will definitely get your head bobbing while Bernard rips an excellent solo.  Let's Try It Again is an excellent track with soulful vocals and tight drums and well placed piano work, accenting Allison's vocal. A potent sax solo electrifies the track which is an excellent soulful blues allowing Allison to stretch nicely on guitar. Very nice. Wrapping the release is quiet ballad, Castle, featuring Allison on vocal, backed by acoustic guitar. This real is a super release with a lot of familiar, yet essential tracks. 

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Provogue Records artist: Walter Trout - Luther's Blues - New Release Review

I just received the newest release (June 11, 2013 release date) Luther's Blues, from Walter Trout and it is blistering fire! Opening with I'm Back, a blues rock track, Trout starts the ball rolling on a 13 track tribute to the great Luther Allison. Up next is Cherry Red Wine, an absolute scorcher showing Trout in great form both on vocal and guitar. One of my favorite Trout takes in recent years, the guitar work showing a great maturing in a man still young in his career. Trout has you hanging on a note as he chokes the finish off of the guitar. Move From The Hood is a great loping blues track and Trout's vocals are spot on. Showing a lot of patience in delivering his guitar solos on this track, Trout really grabs the essence of the blues. Next up is Bad Love, a smokin' great slower track and Trout uses his own unique guitar attack to deliver this track up "Walter Style". This is a white hot track with guitar work that would make most any guitar player or blues enthusiast sit back and listen. Big City has a bit of a Jimi taste to it both in arrangement and also including some tell tale riffs. The track is really all Trout but he does wind the track out along a more pyrotechnical path to great success. Just As I Am crosses over more to the soul arena with a real nice ballad with nice guitar adornments. Low Down And Dirty, a rockin blues track, finds Trout on slide and with this driving beat is a sure winner. Pain In The Streets is another slow heartfelt blues track and one of my favorites on the release. Trout slowly milks the track and lets it out just a little at a time. Excellent! All The Kings Horses finds Trout in 5th gear, delivering a mid paced blues track with rip snorting, string breaking guitar riffs. Step up in front of one of the stacks when he plays this one... step back with a new hairstyle and a smile on your face! After a short dialogue by Luther, Trout lays down When Luther Played The Blues, a real nice tribute track with nice pace, great vocals and really deep guitar riffs. I have listened to a lot of Walter Trout releases in my time and this one stands tall with the best of them. I highly recommend this release to anyone...I repeat anyone who loves blues guitar!  

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