Artist's albums
Driftin'
1999 · album
Millennium Blues
1999 · album
Sittin Here Wonderin
1995 · album
Always Played The Blues
1990 · album
Louisiana Red
1983 · album
Blues For Ida B
1982 · album
The Blues Spectrum Of Louisiana Red
1978 · album
At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1977 (Live)
1977 · album
Tell Me 'Bout It
2022 · album
New Jersey Blues
2021 · single
Blues Don't Leave Me
2018 · album
World on Fire
2017 · album
The Sky Is Crying
2014 · album
Sweet Dreams Sir Minter
2013 · album
Hot Sauce
2013 · album
When My Mama Was Living
2012 · album
Always Played the Blues (2012 Remix)
2012 · album
Live in Montreux
2011 · album
Sweet Blood Call
2011 · album
Walked All Night Long
2011 · album
Dead Stray Dog
2009 · album
Louisiana Red Sings The Blues
2005 · album
The Lowdown Back Porch Blues
2005 · album
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Biography
Louisiana Red (born Iverson Minter) was 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 in 1949, then joined the Army. After his discharge, he played with John Lee Hooker in Detroit for almost two years in the late '50s, and continued through the '60s and '70s with recording sessions for Chess, Checker, Atlas, Glover, Roulette, L&R, and Tomato, among others. Louisiana Red moved to Hanover, Germany in 1981, and maintained a busy recording and performing schedule through the subsequent decades into the new millennium, his 21st century releases including 2001's Driftin' on Earwig, 2002's A Different Shade of Red on Severn, 2004's Bad Case of the Blues on Mojo Tone, 2005's No Turn on Red on Hightone and Hot Sauce on Red Lightnin', and 2008's Back to the Black Bayou (recorded in Norway with producer/guitarist Little Victor) on Ruf. He died in Germany in 2012 when his thyroid imbalance brought on a stroke. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi