“Feels so good to play my blues for you again…I took some time off now I’m back on the scene” sings Bernard Allison on the roots/funky “Blues Thing,” the closer on this, his first album of originals in four years. While it might have been better positioned as an opening statement, the intent remains; Allison has returned after taking time off.
The ten tracks on Loving You capture the diversity Allison has concentrated on since 1994’s debut. Even though the son of Chicago blues great Luther Allison released an album collecting various performances of his father’s songs (2024’s appropriately titled Luther’s Blues), the younger guitar slinger tilts his focus into a lighter but still powerful amalgam of funk, soul,…

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