Bernard Allison - Chills & Thrills from album 'Chills & Thrills' (2008) Bernard Allison is the guitar-playing, singing and songwriting son of the late, legendary blues guitarist Luther Allison. True to form for this chip off the old block, the young Allison injects every bit as much energy into his live shows as his late father did. Bernard counts among his influences icons like Albert King, Muddy Waters and Freddie King, and later, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter. Allison began accompanying his famous father to blues festivals in the early 1970s. There, he was introduced to a who's-who of Chicago blues stars: Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor and Albert King, among others. When he was seven or eight, he began having aspirations of becoming a guitar slinger like his father. Allison's father was more than just a casual record collector, and so Bernard benefited from his father and brothers' collections of classic blues and gospel. After graduating from high school, Allison began playing with Koko Taylor in her touring band. He stayed with Taylor's band until 1985, when he left to hustle up his own gigs as Bernard Allison and Back Talk. Allison spent a lot of time in Canada with his first band, and later rejoined Taylor and her Blues Machine for another two years in the late 1980s. After joining his father in Europe for a live recording, Bernard was asked to join Luther's touring band and become his European bandleader. Allison's father helped his son along with the finer .... + Informações

From the DVD "Kentucky Fried Blues" These video uploads are completely nonprofit, no copyright infringement intended. The intention is rather to encourage those among the audience who enjoy the clips to buy the artists' CDs and DVDs and thus support them or their legal heirs. All DVDs shown here are available at the usual online shops. Greetings from the Black Forest!. + Informações

From the DVD "Kentucky Fried Blues" These video uploads are completely nonprofit, no copyright infringement intended. The intention is rather to encourage those among the audience who enjoy the clips to buy the artists' CDs and DVDs and thus support them or their legal heirs. All DVDs shown here are available at the usual online shops. Greetings from the Black Forest!. + Informações

Bernard ALLISON Group en concert le 5 Mars 2010 au Fil à Saint-Etienne (42). Bernard Allison (guitare) et Jassen Wilber (basse).. + Informações

startplayingguitar.info This is a real VHS Gem. Quality is not great, but the magic of the performance more than makes up for it. Enjoy! Stevie Ray Vaughan and Bernard Allison 12-13-1986 Duff's Rooftop, Peoria, IL 01. Texas Flood 02. Pride and Joy 03. Scuttle Buttin' 04. Mary Had a Little Lamb www.easybluesguitar.info. + Informações

From the album "Hang on" Recorded in 1994 Bernard Allison: guitar, vocals Luther Allison: vocals Don Torsch: Hammond B-3 organ Michael Carras: keyboards Jay Golden: bass Vincent Daune: drums. + Informações

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Bernard Allison & Band "You gotta Move" 22.01. 2012 Kulturbastion Torgau Germany. + Informações

Bernard Allison is the guitar-playing, singing, and songwriting son of late legendary blues guitarist Luther Allison. True to form for this chip off the old block, the young Allison injects every bit as much energy into his live shows as his father did. Bernard counts among his influences icons like Albert King, Muddy Waters, and Freddie King, and later, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter. He began accompanying his famous father to blues festivals in the early '70s. There, he was introduced to a who's who of Chicago blues stars: Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor, and Albert King, among others. When he was seven or eight, he began having aspirations of becoming a guitar slinger like his father. Luther Allison was more than just a casual record collector, and so Bernard benefited from his father and brothers' collections of classic blues and gospel.. + Informações

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The title is program: born in 1965 in Chicago Bernard Allison was introduced into the roots of black music and playing electric guitar by his father, the living blues legend LUTHER ALLISON. At the age of 20 he played with the "Queen of Blues" Koko Taylor for two years and took part in countless sessions with musicians like Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Healy. He joined the tourband of LUTHER ALLISON in 1989 after a furious collaboration of "Father & Son" at the '89 Chicago Blues Festival. A recording of this formation is to be heard on the LUTHER ALLISON album "Let's Try It again". Bernard released his first solo album in 1990 with the significant title "The Next Generation". He startet touring with his band all over europe and released the two albums: "Hang On" (1992) and "No Mercy" (1994). On Bernard's last release "Funkifino" it turned out that he was not only influenced by "the old masters" or musicians like Jimmy Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn but also grew up with the music of George Clinton and Johnny Guitar Watson. Now he's "back to the roots" on "Born With The Blues" - recorded in Chicago and mixed in Memphis - together with the band of blueslegend Buddy Guy (with Ray "Killer" Allison/drums). Bernards co-producer is the "Rounder Bullseye" producer Ron Levy who also plays the keyboards. "Born With The Blues" is a piece of "real blues" that will find it's way to the hearts of many blues aficionados everywhere and this recording will no doubt further his .... + Informações

This double-CD set, also available as a DVD, is a perfectly titled document of a single Bernard Allison show recorded in Gottingen, Germany, on October 20, 2005. The band is tight and Allison is charged up, playing his rough-and-tough blues-rock like he invented it. The set is his usual mix of originals and covers, predominantly of his father Luther's songs, four of which appear here, with a lot of jamming in between. But even though the sound is excellent and the playing tight and spontaneous, the performances suffer from the tunes being stretched too thin. This is less of a problem on the DVD, as the visuals compensate for the extended solos that don't always equate quantity with quality. But as solid and rugged a guitarist as Allison is, he doesn't have enough creativity as a string-bender or vocalist to justify the length of these tracks. The band is muscular and more than capable, but lacks the subtlety to bring anything other than meat-and-potatoes playing to the table. Keyboardist Mike Vlahakis, originally from Luther Allison's band, is particularly impressive as he shifts from electric piano to organ seamlessly, and fills in plenty of holes. The 11-minute instrumental slide showcase "The Walk," which opens disc two, is a good example of where too much of a good thing, in this case a standard Bo Diddley beat enlivened by Allison's flame-thrower slide playing, yields diminishing returns. Certainly if you were there, this would have been an exciting showcase for .... + Informações

Bernard Allison was born to play and sing the blues, as well as born to play and sing funk, rock, R&B and more. The son of blues legend Luther Allison and a guitarist with a stunning and broad command of his instrument, he leads the movement that is creating blues music for a new generation. Already a major star in Europe following a decade of living and touring on the Continent, Allison recently returned to his homeland to rapidly establish himself as both a thrilling player and a musical stylist who seamlessly fuses tradition with contemporary sounds. Allison's blues for a new century are indelibly stamped onto Storms of Life, his second release with Tone-Cool Records. As he works his way through material by fellow guitar talents like Mark Knopfler, Johnny Winter, Billy Gibbons, Anders Osborne, and his father Luther, it's clear that Allison puts his own variegated imprint on everything he plays. As Billboard observed of his last album, "Although he plays with the power and majesty of his father, Allison stands in nobody's shadow. [He] will certainly have an impact on the modern blues idiom." For Storms of Life, Allison joined forces with producer/engineer David Z, whose credits match Allison's stylistic breadth: blues players old and new like Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, John Mayall and Chris Duarte, such rock acts as Fine Young Cannibals and Big Head Todd & The Monsters, and R&B stars like Jody Watley and Jill Jones. The results prove that the roots of blues music support an .... + Informações

Bernard Allison performing "Just My Guitar and Me" Available on iTunes and Amazon.com. + Informações

Bernard Allison Serious At Mont-Tremblant 2008. + Informações

Bernard Allison & Demian Dominguez live at Karlsruhe (Germany) performing Voodoo Child. + Informações

When it comes to the blues, it seems like there are two different camps -- those who are staunch authentic blues enthusiasts, and those who like their blues amped up with a decidedly rock approach. On his 1996 live release, No Mercy, singer/guitarist Bernard Allison certainly falls under the latter category. As with the majority of modern-day blues-rockers, Allison focuses mostly on covers of vintage blues tunes, with the odd original (or more accurately, one lone original -- "Next Generation") thrown in for good measure. With Allison backed by a group of studio pros, No Mercy captures blues at its most well-honed -- the complete opposite of the grittiness of the original bluesmen -- especially on such tracks as the album-opening "Rock Me Baby" and "Breakin' Up Somebody's Home." Also included are a pair of tributes to Bernard's father, Luther Allison ("Change Your Way of Living" and "Help") as well as a reading of "Tin Pan Alley," which is very reminiscent of Stevie Ray Vaughan's version (on his classic Couldn't Stand the Weather release). If you're an admirer of modern-day blues-rock, then No Mercy is certainly worth a spin. ~ Greg Prato Critics seldom agree upon anything so much as they do with Bernard Allison. The son of the blues legend Luther Allison is without exception regarded by them as one of the most important and creative representatives of 21st century blues. He creates his own mixture of rock, blues, R & B and funk, while continuing to set new trends on the .... + Informações

Stereo Here: www.youtube.com Bernard Allison I just came back to say goodbye. + Informações

From the DVD "Kentucky Fried Blues" These video uploads are completely nonprofit, no copyright infringement intended. The intention is rather to encourage those among the audience who enjoy the clips to buy the artists' CDs and DVDs and thus support them or their legal heirs. All DVDs shown here are available at the usual online shops. Greetings from the Black Forest!. + Informações

Bernard Allison 4-8-12 High Noon Saloon Madison WI. + Informações

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Bernard Allison performing "Serious" Available on iTunes and Amazon.com. + Informações

Memphis in May - 5/4/12 Bernard Allison performs what many rock music historians consider the very first rock and roll song - "Rocket 88" - originally recorded in 1951 by Jackie Brenston at Sun Recording Studio - Memphis TN.. + Informações

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You Gave Me the Blues by Bernard Allison (Track 6 from "Keepin' the Blues Alive" - 1997). + Informações