Bernard Allison - Speed Slide

[jhadhar65]

I don't know what to even say about this cat:

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[tubenit]

Yeah, he is pretty amazing to say the least!  He does play alot in Johnny's style.

with respect, Tubenit

[jhadhar65]

The more I dig around for him, the more I realize he's been around for quite a while.  I guess I've been living under a rock because I've never heard of him before now.  He does talk about Johnny's influence on him.

[rafe]

There is an outstanding video of him and SRV doing Texas Flood at what appears to be a very small venue in approx86 .....A must see

[jhadhar65]

I saw that one, too, which is when I realized he's been around a while and he's accomplished.  I don't know how I've missed him.  His slide work, though, is what's really peaked my interest.  I'm concentrating a lot on my slide and happened to be looking for some good youtube examples when I landed on the second half of his speed slide video.  I threw my slide away right then...

...but I dug it out of the trash later and I'm still working on it.

[tubenit]

Isn't Bernard ........ Luther Allison's son? Luther Allison was a great Chicago player, but left the US for Europe many yrs ago.

Tubenit

[rafe]

Yes , he was just about raised on the stage, as a hang about

http://www.bernardallison.com/html/3,0,0,0,0_en.html

that links to a great bio

[bigsbybender]

Man, He's good!  I've dabbled in slide but just can't make it do what I want it to do. This guy's got it.
I first heard of Bernard on the "House of Blues Radio Hour" 10 years or so ago.  His old used to play around here a lot back in the day. Bernard does come around occasionally, but I haven't gotten the opportunity to go see him.

j.