Luther Allison

Luther Allison was a blues singer and guitarist
that I saw perform live on several occasions. I traveled to Bloomington, Indiana
with a couple of friends to see Luther at The Bluebird early in 1997, several
months before he died.. Luther and I spoke for a short bit before the show..
After the show we went over to DJ Jimi Hurley's house and hung out for most of
the night, into the early morning. When we left Hurley's we decided to go for
breakfast at the downtown Waffle House. When we got there the place looked a
little busy so we headed north on old 37 and went to the Denny's north of town..
When we got to Denny's there seemed to be no one there. We entered the
restaurant about 5:30 AM and the server led us back through the place around the
corner past all of the empty tables back to a corner of the restaurant were the
only other people at the joint was Luther Allison, his manager, keyboard player
and guitar tech as they were starting to order breakfast. we sat and talked and
ate for a couple of hours and by the time we left I felt like I'd known Luther
for years and years. Luther Allison was truly a special citizen of this world.

 



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