Louisiana Red

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Louisiana Red in the Hofgarten in Duesseldorf , Germany , 28 July 2007

Louisiana Red (born Iverson Minter ; born March 23, 1932 in Bessemer , Alabama ; † February 25, 2012 in Hanover , Germany ) was an American blues musician who made many appearances in Europe.

Life

Louisiana Red was born with the name Iverson Minter . His mother died of pneumonia a week after he was born. When he was five years old, his father was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan . He lived in orphanages for three years , then with his grandmother in Pennsylvania . He wanted to be a blues musician ever since he met Muddy Waters . Other stations in his life initially included a forced labor sentence for burglary and his participation in the Korean War .

Louisiana Red has recorded blues on various labels since 1949 . At the end of the 1950s he was in John Lee Hooker's band for about two years , but then went into business again. In Europe, Louisiana Red became known to a larger audience through an appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975, a recording of the WDR Rockpalast in 1976 and through his participation in the American Folk Blues Festival (1980/81 and 1983). He also recorded with Eunice Davis .

The stage name Louisiana Red goes back to Iverson Minter's predilection for a red chilli sauce of that name. In addition, Red next had African and American Indian blood in his veins.

In 1983 he received the Handy Award from the Blues Foundation for best traditional blues musician.

In March 2001, the city of Woodstock , New York , Louisiana Red presented the coveted city key, which corresponds to honorary citizenship.

In German-speaking countries, he preferred to tour with the Stormy Monday blues band from Essen, the Reutlingen blues group Blueskraft , Al Jones , Tin Pan Alley or the Fantastic Boogaloo Kings or Dynamite Daze , as the latter group is now called.

Since 1981 he lived in Germany ( Hanover ). In 2005 the documentary Red and Blues was released about him. He died in Hanover in 2012 after a stroke.

Awards

  • 1983: Handy Award
  • 2009: German Record Critics' Award (2nd quarter) for Back to black Bayou
  • 2009: Grand Prix du Disque (Blues) for Back to the Black Bayou
  • 2010: Blues Music Award Acoustic Album of the Year (You got to Move)
  • 2010: Blues Music Award Acoustic Artist of the Year '

Discography

  • Seventh Son , 1963 Carnival Rec.
  • Lowdown Back Porch Blues , 1963 Roulette Rec.
  • Shouts the Blues , 1970 Forum Circle Rec.
  • Sings the Blues , 1972 Atlantic Rec.
  • Lonesome Road , 1974 ATCO Rec.
  • Sweet Blood Call , 1975 Blue Labor Rec.
  • Dead Stray Dog , 1976 Blue Labor Rec.
  • Live and Well , 1976 Ornament Rec.
  • Red, Funk, and Blue , 1978 Black Panther Rec. With Sugar Blue
  • King Bee , 1978 Orchid Rec. With Sugar Blue
  • New York Blues! , 1979 L + R Rec.
  • Reality Blues , 1979 L + R Rec.
  • High Voltage , 1980 Black Panther Rec.
  • Blues for Ida B. , 1982 JSP Rec.
  • Midnight Rambler , 1982 Tomato Rec.
  • Boy from Black Bayou , 1983 L + R Rec.
  • Anti Nuclear Blues , 1983 L + R Rec.
  • Blues Classics , 1983 L + R Rec.
  • Blues from the Heart , 1983 JSP Rec.
  • Back to the Roots , 1984 L + R Rec.
  • High Voltage Blues , 1984 JSP Rec. With Sugar Blue
  • My Life , 1984 L + R Rec.
  • Bluesman , 1984 JSP Rec.
  • Back to the Road again , 1984 CMA Rec.
  • Brothers in Blues , 1985 CMA Rec.
  • World on Fire , 1985 MMG Rec.
  • Back to the Roots , 1987 CMA Rec.
  • Hot Sauce , 1989 Red Lightnin 'Rec.
  • Louisiana Red , 1990 Forum Rec.
  • Pretty Woman , 1991 Blues Beacon Rec.
  • Ashland Avenue Blues , 1992 Chrisly Rec.
  • Last Mohican off the Blues , 1992 Polton Rec.
  • Louisiana Red Live at 55 , with Stormy Monday Bluesband and Carey Bell, 1994 ( Enja Records )
  • Rising Sun Collection , 1994 JAMR
  • Always played the Blues , 1994 JSP Rec.
  • Sittin here Wonderin , 1995 Earwig Rec.
  • The Best of Louisiana Red , 1995 Evidence Rec.
  • Sugar Hips , 1995 CMA Rec.
  • I hear the train coming , 1997 Chrisly Rec.
  • Walked all night long , 1997 Blues Alliance Rec.
  • Sings Deep Blues , 1997 P-Vine Rec.
  • Over My Head , 1997 Chrisly Rec.
  • The Winter and Summer Sessions , 1998 Blues Factory
  • Rip Off Blues , 1998 Chrisly Rec.
  • The Blues Spectrum of Louisiana Red , 1998 JSP Rec. With Sugar Blue
  • Millennium Blues , 1999 Earwig Rec.
  • Driftin , 2001 Earwig Rec.
  • Live at Montreux 75 , 2001 Tomato Rec.
  • A Different Shade of Red (The Woodstock Sessions) , 2002 Severn Rec.
  • Bad Case of the Blues , 2004 Mojo Tone Rec.
  • No Turn on Red , 2005 Hightone Rec.
  • Live at Painted Sky , 2008 Paul Prod.
  • Back to the Black Bayou , 2008 Bluestown Rec./Ruf Records with Little Victor & Kim Wilson
  • You got to Move , 2009, with David Maxwell
  • Memphis Mojo , 2011, Ruf Records with David Maxwell, Bob Corritore a. a.
  • When my mama was living , 2012 (Labor Rec.) With Lefty Dizz & Peg Leg Sam

Filmography

  • 1976: Rockpalast
  • 1982: comeback
  • 1988: Ballhaus Barmbeck
  • 2001: Mississippi-Netervetil documentation from Finland
  • 2003: Bowers + Wilkins Festival DVD VA
  • 2005: Red and Blues documentary from D / USA
  • 2007: Live in Scandinavia DVD
  • 2008: Family Meeting DVD from Finland VA
  • 2011: 2010 Blues Music Awards DVD from USA VA

As a guest

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tradfitional blues great Louisiana Red reportedly dies in Germany
personal data
SURNAME Louisiana Red
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Minter, Iverson (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Bessemer, Alabama , United States
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2012
Place of death Hanover , Germany