Louisiana Red
Louisiana Red started his music career early recording for Chess around the age of 13. John Lee Hooker and other blues legends that worked with Louisiana Red; B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, all had a significant influence on him. One of the few living original purveyors of Delta blues, Red channels his influences into a sound that is improvisational at times yet intense, expressing his feelings of the moment, drawing the listener in to his earnest and sometimes vulnerable world. Almost 20 years ago Louisiana Red moved to Germany. In 1983, he was awarded the W.C. Handy Award for Best Traditional Blues Artist.
