Luther Dickinson


Luther Andrews Dickinson is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the North Mississippi Allstars and the son of record producer Jim Dickinson. He is also known for being a guitarist for the Black Crowes. He hosts Guitar Xpress on the Video on Demand network Mag Rack.
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Career

He was born in West Tennessee to Mary Lindsay and Jim Dickinson, a Memphis record producer. Dickinson grew up playing concerts and gaining recording experience with his father and brother, Cody. The family moved to the hills of North Mississippi in 1985. Dickinson made his recording debut in 1987, playing a metal-influenced guitar solo on "Shooting Dirty Pool" on the Replacements' album Pleased to Meet Me, which his father was producing. Dickinson befriended the musical families of Otha Turner, R. L. Burnside, and Junior Kimbrough. They were the inspiration for Luther and Cody Dickinson to form the North Mississippi Allstars in 1996. The North Mississippi Allstars have been nominated for three Grammy Awards in the Best Contemporary Blues category. Dickinson produced two records on Otha Turner, Everybody Hollerin' Goat and From Senegal To Senatobia.
In November 2007, Dickinson joined the Black Crowes. His recording debut with the band was on Warpaint in 2008, and he has since appeared on the 2009 Black Crowes release Before the Frost...Until the Freeze. Dickinson decided not to join the Black Crowes for their 2013 tour. Dickinson currently tours with the North Mississippi Allstars and as a member of the Southern Soul Assembly.
In 2014, Gibson issued a signature model for him, the Luther Dickinson ES-335, with the most notable modification being the P-90 pickups replacing the standard humbuckers.
Jazz critic Ted Gioia chose Blues & Ballads: A Folksinger's Songbook, Volumes 1 & 2 for the eleventh spot on his list of the top 100 albums of the year.
His 2019 joint recording with Sisters of the Strawberry Moon, Solstice, was chosen as a 'Favorite Blues Album' by AllMusic.

Discography

Solo albums

Onward and Upward Three Skulls and the Truth with David Hidalgo, Mato NanjiHambone's Meditations Rock 'n' Roll Blues
  • ''Blues and Ballads: A Folksinger's Songbook, Vol. 1 & 2''

Singles (78 rpm)

As band member

With DDT
With GutbucketWhere's the Man With the Jive?
With North Mississippi Allstars
  • 2000 Shake Hands with Shorty
  • 2001 51 Phantom
  • 2003 Polaris
  • 2004 Hill Country Revue: Live at Bonnaroo
  • 2005 Electric Blue Watermelon
  • 2006 Instant Live: Paradise Rock Club
  • 2007 Songs of The South Presents: Mississippi Folk Music - Volume One
  • 2008 Hernando
  • 2011 Keys to the Kingdom
  • 2013 World Boogie Is Coming
  • 2017 Prayer for Peace
  • 2019 "Up and Rolling"
  • 2022 "Set Sail"
With The WordThe Word Soul Food
With Jim Dickinson
  • 2002 Free Beer Tomorrow
  • 2006 Jungle Jim and the Voodoo Tiger
  • 2007 Killers from Space
With the Black CrowesWarpaint Warpaint Live Before the Frost...Until the Freeze Croweology Wiser for the Time
With John Hiatt
With South Memphis String Band
  • 2010 Home Sweet Home
  • 2012 Old Times There...
With the Hill Country Revue
  • 2009 Make a Move
  • 2010 Zebra Ranch
With the Wandering
  • 2012 Go On Now, You Can't Stay Here: Mississippi Folk Music, Vol. 3
With Bash & Pop
  • 2017 Anything Could Happen
With Sisters of the Strawberry Moon
  • 2019 ''Solstice''

As guest

With Calvin Russell
  • 1997 Calvin Russell
  • 1997 Soldier
  • 1999 Sam
With Jimbo Mathus
  • 1997 Play Songs for Rosetta
  • 2001 National Antiseptic
  • 2003 Stop and Let the Devil Ride
  • 2009 Jimmy the Kid
  • 2015 Confederate Buddha
With Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
  • 1998 Acme
  • 1999 Xtra-Acme USA
With Othar Turner
With John Hermann
With Lucero
  • 2001 Lucero
  • 2006 The Attic Tapes
With Bob Frank
  • 2002 Keep on Burning
  • 2008 Red Neck, Blue Collar
With Jim Lauderdale
  • 2013 Black Roses
  • 2015 Soul Searching: Memphis, Vol. 1/Nashville, Vol. 2
With others