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Luther Allison

Dave Marsh, Creem, November 1972

"LUTHER ALLISON come into the picture about the middle of 1957. I needed a bass player and I met Luther Allison walkin' on Ogden Avenue there strummin' his big body type guitar, you know, and I asked him was he interested in learning to play and said, 'Yes.' So I told him I needed a bass player and he said, 'OK,' you know. 'Cause he couldn't play the guitar and he wanted to try and learn it.

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