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| Biography: Louisiana Red (born Iverson Minter) is a flamboyant guitarist, harmonica player and vocalist. He lost his parents early in life through multiple tragedies; his mother died of pneumonia a week after his birth, and his father was lynched by the Klu Klux Klan when he was five. Red began recording for Chess ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1963 Label: Vogue Critics' Rating:  Recorded in New York with Tommy Tucker, Lowdown Back Porch Blues is Louisiana Red's first album and, in many ways, it's his best. Supported by a bare-bones rhythm section, Red plays a number or traditional ...Read full reviewReleased: 1975 Label: Blue Labor Critics' Rating:  At the time this album was recorded, the particularly intense blues artist Louisiana Red was a protégé of the Blue Labor/Labor recording empire, which was actually two guys, Kent Cooper and jazz arranger ...Read full review
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