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'''Bernard Allison''' (born November 26, 1965) is an American [[blues]] guitarist, based out of [[Paris]], France.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p37004/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography by Richard Skelly |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=December 22, 2009}}</ref>
'''Bernard Allison''' (born November 26, 1965) is an American [[blues]] guitarist and singer, based in [[Paris]], France.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p37004/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography by Richard Skelly |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Bernard Allison was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States.<ref name="AMG" /> His father, [[Luther Allison]], was a [[Chicago blues]] musician. Allison moved back and forth between Illinois and Florida, but remained close to his father's music whether with him or not, listening to his father's albums when they were apart.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Children of the Blues: 49 Musicians Shaping a New Blues Tradition|last = Tipaldi|first = Art|publisher = Backbeat Books|year = 2002|isbn = 978-0-87930-700-4|location = |pages = 19}}</ref> He accompanied his father to blues [[music festival|festivals]] in the early 1970s.<ref name="AMG" /> There he was introduced to [[Muddy Waters]], [[Hound Dog Taylor]] and [[Albert King]], amongst others.
Allison was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States.<ref name="AMG" /> His father, [[Luther Allison]], was a [[Chicago blues]] musician. Allison moved back and forth between Illinois and Florida, but remained close to his father's music whether with him or not, listening to his father's albums when they were apart.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Children of the Blues: 49 Musicians Shaping a New Blues Tradition|last = Tipaldi|first = Art|publisher = Backbeat Books|year = 2002|isbn = 978-0-87930-700-4|pages = 19}}</ref> He accompanied his father to blues [[music festival|festivals]] in the early 1970s.<ref name="AMG" /> There he was introduced to [[Muddy Waters]], [[Hound Dog Taylor]] and [[Albert King]], amongst others.


Allison taught himself to play in Florida while his father was touring internationally and displayed his early skills to his father when he was 12.<ref>Tipaldi (2002), p. 20.</ref> His father brought him a [[Stratocaster]] guitar but required him to remain in school, although he did allow his son to join him on stage at the age of 18 at the 1983 [[Chicago Blues Festival]]. A week after his graduation from high school, he was invited to join [[Koko Taylor]]'s touring band. During that time, he furthered his skills under the tutelage of [[Johnny Winter]], whom he had met when younger, and [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] whom he met in the first year of his career.
Allison taught himself to play in Florida while his father was touring internationally and displayed his early skills to his father when he was 12.<ref>Tipaldi (2002), p. 20</ref> His father brought him a [[Stratocaster]] guitar but required him to remain in school, although he did allow his son to join him on stage at the age of 18 at the 1983 [[Chicago Blues Festival]]. A week after his graduation from high school, he was invited to join [[Koko Taylor]]'s touring band. During that time, he furthered his skills under the tutelage of [[Johnny Winter]], whom he had met when younger, and [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] whom he met in the first year of his career.


From 1985, he also tried out his headline act, Bernard Allison and Back Talk, largely active in Canada, although he remained with Koko Taylor.<ref name="AMG" /><ref name=":0">Tipaldi (2002), p. 21.</ref> He became the bandleader for his father's touring band in Europe late in 1989, and with his father's assistance and the loan of his father's musicians recorded his debut album, ''The Next Generation'', in Paris around Christmas that year.<ref name="AMG" /><ref name=":0" /> Over the next years, Allison and his father continued to collaborate, with Bernard co-writing and arranging material on his father's final three albums and Luther offering ongoing advice to his son's band.<ref name="AMG" />
From 1985, he also tried out his headline act, Bernard Allison and Back Talk, largely active in Canada, although he remained with Koko Taylor.<ref name="AMG" /><ref name=":0">Tipaldi (2002), p. 21</ref> He became the bandleader for his father's touring band in Europe late in 1989, and with his father's assistance and the loan of his father's musicians recorded his debut album, ''The Next Generation'', in Paris around Christmas that year.<ref name="AMG" /><ref name=":0" /> Over the next years, Allison and his father continued to collaborate, with Bernard co-writing and arranging material on his father's final three albums and Luther offering ongoing advice to his son's band.<ref name="AMG" />


Allison released three more albums in Europe, ''Hang On'', ''No Mercy'', and ''Funkifino''. In 1997 — the year of his father's death — his critically acclaimed U.S. debut, ''Keepin' the Blues Alive''.<ref name="AMG" /><ref>Tipaldi (2002), 22.</ref> was released. The album was followed by a U.S. tour and further releases. Allison's 2002 album ''Storms of Life'' charted at #5 on the Top Blues Albums chart.<ref name="AMG" /> In spite of the success of his tours and albums in the U.S., Allison remains based in Paris.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Blues Encyclopedia|last = Komara|first = Edward|publisher = Routledge|year = |isbn = 978-1-135-95832-9|location = |pages = 20|last2 = Lee|first2 = Peter|date = 1 July 2004}}</ref>
Allison released three more albums in Europe, ''Hang On'', ''No Mercy'', and ''Funkifino''. In 1997 — the year of his father's death — his critically acclaimed U.S. debut, ''Keepin' the Blues Alive''.<ref name="AMG" /><ref>Tipaldi (2002), p. 22</ref> was released. The album was followed by a U.S. tour and further releases. Allison's 2002 album ''Storms of Life'' charted at nmuber five on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Top Blues Albums chart.<ref name="AMG" /> In spite of the success of his tours and albums in the U.S., Allison remains based in Paris.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Blues Encyclopedia|last = Komara|first = Edward|publisher = Routledge|isbn = 978-1-135-95832-9|pages = 20|last2 = Lee|first2 = Peter|date = 1 July 2004}}</ref>


In 2010, [[Toby Lee Marshall]] teamed up with Bernard Allison. [[Toby Lee Marshall]] was part of Allison’s dynamic rhythm section, that toured Europe extensively. [[Toby Lee Marshall]] was featured on Allison’s 2011 release, “Live at the Jazzhaus”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mullins |first1=Terry |title=Bernard Allison |url=http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/featured-interview-bernard-allison-1/ |website=bluesblastmagazine |publisher=Blues Blast Magazine |accessdate=11 September 2018}}</ref>
In 2010, [[Toby Lee Marshall]] teamed up with Allison. Marshall was part of Allison's dynamic rhythm section, that toured Europe extensively. Marshall was featured on Allison's 2011 release, ''Live at the Jazzhaus''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mullins |first1=Terry |title=Bernard Allison |url=http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/featured-interview-bernard-allison-1/ |website=Bluesblastmagazine |access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref>


On 16 January 2015, Bernard Allison released his thirteenth album, ''In The Mix''.
On 16 January 2015, Allison released his thirteenth album, ''In The Mix''.


==Discography==
==Discography==
*1990 – ''The Next Generation'' ([[Teldec|Teldec Recording Service]])
*1990 – ''The Next Generation'' ([[Teldec|Teldec Recording Service]])
*1994 – ''No Mercy''
*1994 – ''No Mercy'' (In-Akustik)
*1995 – ''Funkifino'' ([[Ruf Records]])
*1995 – ''Funkifino'' ([[Ruf Records]])
*1997 – ''Born With The Blues'' (Ruf Records)
*1997 – ''Born With The Blues'' (Ruf Records)
*1997 – ''Keepin the Blues Alive''
*1997 – ''Keepin the Blues Alive'' (Cannonball Records)
*1998 – ''Times Are Changing'' (Ruf Records)
*1998 – ''Times Are Changing'' (Ruf Records)
*2000 – ''Across the Water'' (Tone-Cool)
*2000 – ''[[Across the Water (Bernard Allison album)|Across the Water]]'' (Tone-Cool)
*2001 – ''Hang On'' (Ruf Records)
*2001 – ''Hang On'' (Ruf Records)
*2002 – ''Storms of Life'' (Tone-Cool)
*2002 – ''Storms of Life'' (Tone-Cool)
*2003 – ''Kentucky Fried Blues'' (live album) (Ruf Records)
*2003 – ''Kentucky Fried Blues'' (live album) (Ruf Records)
*2005 – ''Higher Power'' (Ruf Records
*2005 – ''Higher Power'' (Ruf Records)
*2005 – ''Triple Fret'' (with [[Larry McCray]], [[Carl Weathersby]] and [[Lucky Peterson]])
*2005 – ''Triple Fret'' (with [[Larry McCray]], [[Carl Weathersby]] and [[Lucky Peterson]]) ([[JSP Records]])
*2006 – ''Energized – Live in Europe'' (CD + DVD) (Ruf Records)
*2006 – ''Energized – Live in Europe'' (CD + DVD) (Ruf Records)
*2007 – ''Chills & Thrills'' (Jazzhaus Records)
*2007 – ''Chills & Thrills'' (Jazzhaus Records)
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*2011 – ''Live at the Jazzhaus'' (Jazzhaus Records)
*2011 – ''Live at the Jazzhaus'' (Jazzhaus Records)
*2015 – ''In The Mix'' (Jazzhaus Records)
*2015 – ''In The Mix'' (Jazzhaus Records)
*2018 - ''Let It Go'' (Ruf Records)
*2018 – ''Let It Go'' (Ruf Records)
*2020 – ''Songs From The Road'' (Ruf Records)
*2022 – ''Highs & Lows'' (Ruf Records)


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Guitarists from Chicago]]
[[Category:Guitarists from Chicago]]
[[Category:20th-century American guitarists]]
[[Category:20th-century American guitarists]]
[[Category:20th-century American male musicians]]
[[Category:21st-century American guitarists]]
[[Category:21st-century American male musicians]]
[[Category:Ruf Records artists]]

Latest revision as of 23:38, 18 March 2024

Bernard Allison
Background information
Born (1965-11-26) November 26, 1965 (age 58)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
GenresBlues, electric blues, blues rock
Occupation(s)Guitarist, singer
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
Years activeEarly 1980s–present
LabelsRuf, several others
WebsiteOfficial website

Bernard Allison (born November 26, 1965) is an American blues guitarist and singer, based in Paris, France.[1]

Biography[edit]

Allison was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.[1] His father, Luther Allison, was a Chicago blues musician. Allison moved back and forth between Illinois and Florida, but remained close to his father's music whether with him or not, listening to his father's albums when they were apart.[2] He accompanied his father to blues festivals in the early 1970s.[1] There he was introduced to Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor and Albert King, amongst others.

Allison taught himself to play in Florida while his father was touring internationally and displayed his early skills to his father when he was 12.[3] His father brought him a Stratocaster guitar but required him to remain in school, although he did allow his son to join him on stage at the age of 18 at the 1983 Chicago Blues Festival. A week after his graduation from high school, he was invited to join Koko Taylor's touring band. During that time, he furthered his skills under the tutelage of Johnny Winter, whom he had met when younger, and Stevie Ray Vaughan whom he met in the first year of his career.

From 1985, he also tried out his headline act, Bernard Allison and Back Talk, largely active in Canada, although he remained with Koko Taylor.[1][4] He became the bandleader for his father's touring band in Europe late in 1989, and with his father's assistance and the loan of his father's musicians recorded his debut album, The Next Generation, in Paris around Christmas that year.[1][4] Over the next years, Allison and his father continued to collaborate, with Bernard co-writing and arranging material on his father's final three albums and Luther offering ongoing advice to his son's band.[1]

Allison released three more albums in Europe, Hang On, No Mercy, and Funkifino. In 1997 — the year of his father's death — his critically acclaimed U.S. debut, Keepin' the Blues Alive.[1][5] was released. The album was followed by a U.S. tour and further releases. Allison's 2002 album Storms of Life charted at nmuber five on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart.[1] In spite of the success of his tours and albums in the U.S., Allison remains based in Paris.[6]

In 2010, Toby Lee Marshall teamed up with Allison. Marshall was part of Allison's dynamic rhythm section, that toured Europe extensively. Marshall was featured on Allison's 2011 release, Live at the Jazzhaus.[7]

On 16 January 2015, Allison released his thirteenth album, In The Mix.

Discography[edit]

  • 1990 – The Next Generation (Teldec Recording Service)
  • 1994 – No Mercy (In-Akustik)
  • 1995 – Funkifino (Ruf Records)
  • 1997 – Born With The Blues (Ruf Records)
  • 1997 – Keepin the Blues Alive (Cannonball Records)
  • 1998 – Times Are Changing (Ruf Records)
  • 2000 – Across the Water (Tone-Cool)
  • 2001 – Hang On (Ruf Records)
  • 2002 – Storms of Life (Tone-Cool)
  • 2003 – Kentucky Fried Blues (live album) (Ruf Records)
  • 2005 – Higher Power (Ruf Records)
  • 2005 – Triple Fret (with Larry McCray, Carl Weathersby and Lucky Peterson) (JSP Records)
  • 2006 – Energized – Live in Europe (CD + DVD) (Ruf Records)
  • 2007 – Chills & Thrills (Jazzhaus Records)
  • 2010 – The Otherside (Jazzhaus Records)
  • 2011 – Live at the Jazzhaus (Jazzhaus Records)
  • 2015 – In The Mix (Jazzhaus Records)
  • 2018 – Let It Go (Ruf Records)
  • 2020 – Songs From The Road (Ruf Records)
  • 2022 – Highs & Lows (Ruf Records)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Biography by Richard Skelly". AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  2. ^ Tipaldi, Art (2002). Children of the Blues: 49 Musicians Shaping a New Blues Tradition. Backbeat Books. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-87930-700-4.
  3. ^ Tipaldi (2002), p. 20
  4. ^ a b Tipaldi (2002), p. 21
  5. ^ Tipaldi (2002), p. 22
  6. ^ Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter (July 1, 2004). Blues Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-135-95832-9.
  7. ^ Mullins, Terry. "Bernard Allison". Bluesblastmagazine. Retrieved September 11, 2018.

External links[edit]

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