Blue Streak (album)
Encyclopedia
Blue Streak is an album by American
blues
guitarist Luther Allison
, released in 1995 by Alligator Records
. Guitar World
magazine named it one of the top guitar records of 1995.
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blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
guitarist Luther Allison
Luther Allison
Luther Allison was an American blues guitarist. He was born in Widener, Arkansas and moved with his family, at age twelve, to Chicago in 1951. He taught himself guitar and began listening to blues extensively. Three years later he began hanging outside blues nightclubs with the hopes of being...
, released in 1995 by Alligator Records
Alligator Records
Alligator Records is a Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971.Iglauer started the label with his own savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, declined to record...
. Guitar World
Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...
magazine named it one of the top guitar records of 1995.
Track listing
- "All the King's Horses" (Allison, Solberg) – 5:36
- "What Have I Done Wrong?" (Maghett, Magic SamMagic SamSamuel "Magic Sam" Gene Maghett was an American Chicago blues musician. Maghett was born in Grenada, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter...
) – 4:48 - "Big City" (Allison, Solberg) – 5:24
- "Move from the Hood" (Allison, Solberg) – 3:41
- "What's Going On in My Home?" (Allison, Solberg) – 4:06
- "I Believe in You" (Allison, Solberg) – 4:36
- "Cherry Red Wine" (Allison) – 4:21
- "Walking Papers" (Allison, Solberg) – 4:28
- "Think With Your Heart" (Allison, Allison, Solberg) – 4:57
- "You Don't Know" (Allison, Solberg) – 2:47
- "Should I Wait?" (Allison) – 5:04
- "Midnight Creeper" (Allison) – 3:37
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Billboard Top Blues Albums | 9 |