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Uncle Bo's presents Bernard Allison

Bernard Allison totes the same smokin' six string shooter that his late father Luther Allison assaulted the blues with. And he is blessed with his father's soulful voice, spiritual devotion, and a musical freedom which experiments with the blues. Born in Chicago on November 26th, 1965, the youngest of nine children Bernard was first introduced to the roots of black music and the art of the electric guitar by his father, the late great Luther Allison. Like Ken Griffey Jr. hanging out in baseball locker rooms as a youth, Luther's son was the kid running on-stage throughout the band's set. Experiences like that profoundly effect one's aspirations. "That's when I decided I wanted to be up there like him. I think I was seven."
"I'm gonna try my best to pick up where he left off, but I can't be Luther Allison, I can only be myself. In the beginning everyone expects me to be exactly like him, but we are two different musicians."
As a true "son of the blues," Bernard possesses the requisite guitar feel and vocal intonations necessary to push his blues into the next century. He knows the energy level necessary to hold audiences and combines enough showmanship and spontaneity to push the performance in fresh, innovative directions each night.