Luther Allison

Luther Allison belongs to a generation of electric blues guitarists who came of age in the '60s. These musicians appealed to both old-line blues audiences and younger, white rock audiences. Born on a cotton plantation, Allison was one of 15 children. Before he was 10 years old, he sang with a gospel group, the Southern Travellers, with whom he toured throughout the South. Circa 1951, he moved with...