Louisiana Red (born Iverson Minter, March 23,[1] 1932, Bessemer, Alabama, United States[2]) is an American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who has recorded more than 50 albums. He is best known for his song "Sweet Blood Call".
Minter lost his parents early in life; His mother died of pneumonia shortly after his birth, and his father was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan when he was five.[1] He was brought up by a series of relatives in various towns and cities. Red recorded for Chess in 1949, before joining the army. After leaving the army, he spent two years in the late 1950s playing with John Lee Hooker in Detroit.[1] He recorded for Checker Records in 1952, billed as Rocky Fuller.[3]
His first album, Lowdown Back Porch Blues, was recorded in New York with Tommy Tucker and released in 1963, with second album Seventh Son released later the same year.[4]
He maintained a busy recording and performing schedule through the 1990s, having done sessions for Chess, Checker, Atlas, Glover, Roulette, L&R and Tomato amongst others.[1] In 1983 he won a W.C. Handy Award for Best Traditional Blues Male Artist.[5][6] He has lived in Hanover, Germany since 1981.[7]
He has also made film appearances in Rockpalast (1976), Comeback (1982), Ballhaus Barmbek (1988), Red and Blues (2005) and Family Meeting (2008).[8]
In 1994 Red fused the blues with the urban Greek music of the bouzouki player, Stelios Vamvakaris, on the album, Blues Meets Rembetika.[3] He continues to tour, including regular returns to the US.[6]
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Albums
- Lowdown Back Porch Blues (1963) (Roulette)
- Seventh Son (1963) (Carnival)
- Shouts the Blues (1970) (Forum Circle)
- Louisiana Red Sings The Blues (1972) (Atlantic)
- Lonesome Road (1974) (Atco)
- Sweet Blood Call (1975) (Blue Labor)
- The Blues Purity of Louisiana Red (1975) (Blue Labor)
- Dead Stray Dog (1976) (Blue Labor)
- Live & Well (1976) (Ornament)
- King Bee (1978) (Orchid)
- Red Funk & Blue (1978) (Black Panther)
- New York Blues (1979) (L+R)
- Reality Blues (1980) (L+R)
- High Voltage (1980) (Black Panther)
- Midnight Rambler (1982) (Tomato/Rhino)
- Blues for Ida B (1982) (JSP)
- Boy from Black Bayou (1983) (L+R)
- Blues From The Heart (1983) (JSP)
- Anti Nuclear Blues (1983) (L+R)
- Blues Man (1984) (JSP)
- Back to Road Again (1984) (MMG)
- My Life (1984) (L+R)
- World on Fire (1985) (MMG)
- Brothers in Blues (1985) (CMA)
- Back to the Roots (1987) (CMA)
- Pretty Woman (1991) (Blues Beacon)
- Last Mohican of the Blues (1992) (Polton)
- Ashland Avenue Blues (1992) (Schubert)
- Live at 55 (1994) (Enja)
- Always Played The Blues (1994) (JSP)
- Louisiana Red (1994) (Forum)
- Blues Meets Rembetika (1994) (Distazi)
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' (1995) (Earwig)
- Sugar Hips (1995) (CMA)
- Rising Sun Collection (1996) (JAMR)
- I Hear the Train Coming (1997) (Chrisly)
- Over my Head (1997) (Chrisly)
- Walked All Night Long (1997) (Blues Alliance)
- Rip off Blues (1998) (Chrisly)
- Winter & Summer Sessions (1998) (Blues Factory)
- Millennium Blues (1999) (Earwig)
- Live in Montreux (2000) (Labor)
- Sings Deep Blues (2001) (P-Vine)
- Driftin' (2001) (Earwig)
- A Different Shade of Red (2002) (Severn)
- Bad Case of the Blues (2004) (Mojo Tone)
- No Turn On Red (2005) (Hightone)
- Hot Sauce (2005) (Red Lightnin')
- Live at Painted Sky (2008) (Paul Prod.)
- Back to the Black Bayou (2008) (Bluestown) with Kim Wilson and Little Victor
- You Got to Move (2009) (Blu Max) with David Maxwell
Guest appearances (selected)
- Kent Cooper - The Blues and other Songs
- Eric Burdon - Comeback
- John Lee Hooker - Down Child
- Sunnyland Slim - Decoration Day
- Carey Bell - Brought up the Hard Way
- Roosevelt Sykes - Boogie & Blues
- Roosevelt Sykes - Music is my Business
- Albert King - Live
- Champion Jack Dupree - After All
- Brownie McGhee - Rainy Day
- Johnny Shines - Too Wet to Plow
Various artists
- The Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show - The American Guests (JSP CD210)
- The Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show - The American Guests - Vol.3 (JSP CD235)
- Chicago Blues Vol.2
- Earwig 16. Ann. Sampler (Earwig 1995)
- Earwig 20. Ann. Sampler (Earwig 2000)
- Am. Folk Blues Festival (L+R 1980 & 1983)
- The 1. Blues Sampler (L+R 1980)
- Live at Boston Blues Festival Vol:2 (Blues Trust 2007)
- Family Meeting by Wentus Blues Band (Ruf 2008) with Mick Taylor, Lazy Lester
- Blues Wire Birthday Tour (August 2007 - Greece)
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