Artist: Bernard Allison
Title Of Album: Across the Water
Year Of Release: August 8, 2000
Label: Tone Cool
Genre: Electric Blues
Quality/Bitrate: MP3 / 224 kbps / 44.1 Khz / Joint Stereo
Total Time: 49 min 13 sec
Total Size: 79 mb
WebSite: http://www.bernardallison.com

Amazon.com
With Bernard Allison following the North Mississippi Allstars and Susan Tedeschi onto its roster, Tone-Cool has become home to the blues' most exciting young talents. Like his dad, the late Chicago guitar hero Luther Allison, Bernard likes to mix his music with rock and soul. This CD starts with a burst of uptempo funk ("The River's Rising") and quickly passes through six-string metallurgy ("I Just Came Back to Say Goodbye," with it's ZZ Top rhythmic bedrock and squealing guitar), Johnny Taylor-style ballads (like the Malaco-perfect "Work It Out"), and other permutations. Although Allison's voice possesses a serviceable simplicity, it's his guitar that really sings, chorus after chorus packed with keening wah-wah and daredevil bends. It's also full of down-to-the-bone blues runs, like the solo that tags the funky "Higher Love." Allison shows some Texas sting, too, especially on a Stevie Ray-style guitar epic called "I've Been Down," which should produce fireworks live. --Ted Drozdowski

Personnel:
Bernard Allison (vocals, electric & slide guitars);
Paul Diethelm (guitar, dobro);
Jim Spake (saxophone);
Joe Mulherin (trumpet);
Bruce McCabe (piano, keyboards);
Ernest Williamson (Hammond B-3 organ, tambourine);
Mike Vlahakis (keyboards, tambourine);
Kim Yarbrough, David Smith (bass);
James Knowles (drums);
Willaim Brown, Jackie Johnson, Reba Russell (background vocals).

Tracklist
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1. The River's Rising (3:44)
2. Meet Me Half Way (3:55)
3. I Just Came Back To Say Goodbye (3:45)
4. I Want To Get You Back (3:46)
5. Love Is Free (5:35)
6. Coming Back (Across The Water) (4:39)
7. Change Your Way Of Living (4:11)
8. Feels Kinda Funny (3:19)
9. Work It Out (5:32)
10. There's No Higher Love (4:07)
11. I've Been Down (6:40)