Love Me Mama

by Luther Allison

Love Me Mama cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1969
  • Label: Delmark
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:19
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded over two June days at Sound Studios in Chicago with producer Robert G. Koester, Allison's debut introduced the West Side's harder guitar attack to the album format, a gritty, soulful strain of Chicago blues. His Ann Arbor Blues Festival appearance that summer drew Motown's attention.

Genres

Descriptors: bluesy, guitars, vintage, soulful, classic

Tracklist

  1. Why I Love The Blues (4:00)
  2. Little Red Rooster (4:23)
  3. 4:00 In The Morning (3:11)
  4. Five Long Years (4:15)
  5. Dust My Broom (3:33)
  6. Love Me Mama (3:54)
  7. The Sky Is Crying (5:32)
  8. You Gotta Help Me (3:45)
  9. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now (3:33)
  10. Bloomington Closer (5:13)

Credits

  • Luther Allison - guitar, vocals
  • Zbigniew Jastrzebski - design
  • Dave Antler - engineer
  • John Fishel - liner notes
  • Thomas R. Copi - photography by

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