Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

Luther Allison

  • Listeners

    179.6K

  • Scrobbles

    1.2M

  • Listeners

    179.6K

  • Scrobbles

    1.2M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
17 August 1939
Born In
Widener, St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States
Died
12 August 1997 (aged 57)
Luther Allison (born 17 August 1939 in Widener, AR, died 12 August 1997 in Madison, WI) was an American blues guitarist. His powerful guitar work – equal parts traditional blues string-bending and wall-shaking rock 'n roll – is matched in energy only by his soul-deep vocals. His live shows (often clocking in at well over three hours) are the stuff of legend. He was born in Widener, Arkansas (the 14th of 15 musically gifted children) first connected to the blues at age ten, when he began playing the diddley bow (a wire attached by nails to a wall with rocks for bridges and a bot… read more
Luther Allison (born 17 August 1939 in Widener, AR, died 12 August 1997 in Madison, WI) was an American blues guitarist. His powerful guitar work – equal parts traditional blues string-bending and wall-shaking rock 'n roll – is matched in energy only by his soul-deep vocals. His live sho… read more
Luther Allison (born 17 August 1939 in Widener, AR, died 12 August 1997 in Madison, WI) was an American blues guitarist. His powerful guitar work – equal parts traditional blues string-bending and wall-shaking rock 'n roll – is matched in energy only by his soul-deep vocals. His live shows (often clocking in at well over three hours) are the stuff of legend.… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Albert Collins

  2. Avatar for Buddy Guy

  3. Avatar for Freddie King
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Bad News Is Coming Bad News Is Coming
  • Loading
 331 listeners
2 Play track Serious Life Is A Bitch
  • Loading
 109 listeners
3 Play track Serious Should I Wait
  • Loading
 72 listeners
4 Play track It's Been A Long Time It's Been A Long Time
  • Loading
 60 listeners
5 Play track I Owe It All To You Until I See You Again
  • Loading
 34 listeners
6 Play track Luther's Blues Luther's Blues
  • Loading
 28 listeners
7 Play track All Blues'd Up: Songs of the Rolling Stones You Can't Always Get What You Want
  • Loading
 20 listeners
8 Play track Bad News Is Coming Rock Me Baby
  • Loading
 20 listeners
9 Luther's Blues Part Time Love
  • Loading
 19 listeners
10 Play track Live in Chicago Cherry Red Wine
  • Loading
 18 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 75,582 listeners

    1 Mar 1987 · 10 tracks

    Serious
    • Loading

  2. 39,852 listeners

    1972 · 7 tracks

    Bad News Is Coming
    • Loading

  3. 30,381 listeners

    2001 · 12 tracks

    Luther's Blues
    • Loading

  4. 17,401 listeners

    1 Jan 1996 · 17 tracks

    The Motown Years 1972-1976
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
111
97
102
93
99
101
103
103
124
104
100
99
105
83
114
115
123
108
117
122
91
126
101
122
106
104
121
110
124
123
117
113
104
109
113
117
116
120
111
110
130
123
113
114
119
122
119
122
111
117
119
117
122
107
98
106
131
131
115
110
113
113
125
127
128
121
101
113
115
106
133
132
123
139
115
121
106
122
109
120
121
122
101
115
121
112
121
126
122
104
116
138
119
114
132
114
106
103
119
110
124
114
133
126
129
115
128
136
139
123
128
122
110
131
158
120
122
118
137
128
119
158
134
125
142
114
124
107
137
117
141
163
149
166
171
171
168
139
140
123
128
143
144
141
132
147
114
143
140
141
129
146
109
133
145
148
139
134
116
134
118
124
125
123
119
116
116
105
147
116
144
127
128
107
118
128
136
158
144
117
105

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 256,304 listeners

    Avatar for Albert Collins

  2. 646,294 listeners

    Avatar for Buddy Guy

  3. 369,613 listeners

    Avatar for Freddie King

  4. 281,850 listeners

    Avatar for Otis Rush

  5. 184,694 listeners

    Avatar for Willie Dixon

  6. 62,684 listeners

    Avatar for Son Seals

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls