Time: 52:03
File: Flac
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues, funk, reggae, rock
Art: Full
1. Slip Slidin' (1:43)
2. Storms Of Life (5:03)
3. Down South (4:13)
4. Just Do me Anyway You Want (5:03)
5. I Think I Love You Too Much (3:56)
6. Mean Town Blues (3:07)
7. Speed Slide (3:08)
8. I Wanna Drive You Home (4:10)
9. Snake Bit Again (3:41)
10. Reaching Out (4:59)
11. Fistful Of Dirt (3:44)
12. Help Me Through The Day (4:49)
13. Goodbye Little Girl (4:20)
The storm that Bernard Allison currently seems to be weathering is one involving a crisis of identity. Storms of Life, Allison’s second album for Tone-Cool Records, explores funk, reggae, rock, and a variety of blues styles. There are also compositions by such varied and well known artists as Mark Knopfler, Johnny Winter, Billy Gibbons, Anders Osborne, and Allison’s father, the late great bluesman, Luther Allison. Unfortunately, there is no cohesive agent holding it all together. Allison’s frail vocal stylings and potent guitar playing change with the territory in chameleon like fashion, leaving the listener confused and ultimately bored, as if having spent the evening in a local bar listening to a competent cover band. In the press release for Storms of Life, and in a number of interviews, Allison says that his father once told him, “Don’t be afraid to go outside of the blues; don’t let them label you like they did me.” It seems Allison has taken this bit of paternal advice to an almost paranoid level.
Storms Of Life FLAC
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