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.
1952 - Forrest City Joe & Rocky Fuller - Memory Of Sonny Boy (1988)vinyl
1963 - Louisiana Red - The Lowdown Back Porch Blues (1991)
1965 - Louisiana Red - Sings Deep Blues (P-Vine 1997)
1975 - Louisiana Red - Live At Montreux (2003)
1975 - Louisiana Red - Midnight Rambler (1989 Rhino)
1975 - Louisiana Red - Sweet Blood Call (2011)
1976 - Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (1996)
1977 - Louisiana Red - Shugar Hips (1989 5Color)
1977 - Louisiana Red - Sugar Hips (1992 Ornament)
1980 - Louisiana Red & Sunnyland Slim Blues Band - Reality Blues (LP)
1980 - Louisiana Red - The Rising Sun Collection (1994)
1982 - Louisiana Red - Blues For Ida B (1998)
1983 - Louisiana Red - Blues Classics (1996)
1984 - Louisiana Red And Carey Bell - My Life With Carey Bell (LP)
1985 - Louisiana Red And The City Blues Connection - World On Fire (2017)
1987 - Louisiana Red - Back To The Roots (1992)
1987 - Louisiana Red - Hot Sauce (2013)
1991 - Stormy Monday Band & Louisiana Red meet Carey Bell - Live At 55
1992 - Louisiana Red - Ashland Avenue Blues
1994 - Louisiana Red - Always Played The Blues
1994 - Louisiana Red - Rip Off Blues
1994 - Louisiana Red, Stelios Vamvakaris - Blues Meets Rebetiko (2009)
1995 - Louisiana Red - Sittin Here Wonderin
1996 - Louisiana Red - The Best of Louisiana Red
1997 - Louisiana Red - I Hear The Train Coming
1997 - Louisiana Red - Over My Head
1998 - Louisiana Red - The Blues Spectrum of Louisiana Red
1999 - Louisiana Red - Driftin
1999 - Louisiana Red - Millennium Blues
2002 - Louisiana Red - A Different Shade of Red
2005 - Louisiana Red - No Turn On Red
2009 - Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint - Back to the Black bayou
2011 - Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint - Memphis Mojo
2012 - Louisiana Red - When My Mama Was Living
2013 - Louisiana Red - Sweet Dreams Sir Minter
2014 - Louisiana Red - The Sky Is Crying
