Louisiana Red - Hot Sauce

Album: Hot Sauce
Size: 90,8 MB
Time: 39:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1987/2005
Styles: Blues
Art: LP front & back

1. Lightnin' Bug (3:27)
2. Alabama Train (3:16)
3. You're Gonna Need Me, Baby (3:19)
4. Trouble All My Days (3:15)
5. Ride On, Red, Ride On (4:27)
6. Whose Ol' Funky Drawers Is These? (3:22)
7. Wo-Ho-Ho Baby (4:03)
8. 'Let These' Blues (4:00)
9. Sometimes I Wonder (5:29)
10. Gonna Move On Down The Line (4:37)

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. /Biography by Ron Wynn, AllMusic

(For personnel and recording details, see artwork included.)

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Peg Leg Sam - Going Train Blues feat. Louisiana Red

Size: 95,7 MB
Time: 41:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1976
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, back1, back2

1. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (3:23)
2. Navaho Trail (4:43)
3. John Henry (6:00)
4. Going Train Blues (3:17)
5. Mr. Ditty Wa Ditty (4:24)
6. Strollin' (4:56)
7. I Got A Home (4:44)
8. Dog Chase (3:04)
9. Early In The Morning (3:04)
10. Poor Boy (3:46)

Arthur Jackson, known as Peg Leg Sam, was an American country blues harmonizer, singer, and comedian. He recorded songs such as "Dog Chase," "John Henry," and "Early In The Morning," and worked in medical shows. He earned his nickname after an accident in 1930. Arthur Jackson was born in Jonesville, South Carolina, the fourth of six children of David Jackson, a farmer and Virginia native, and Emma Jackson. His paternal great-grandmother, Racheal Williams, was born in Virginia in 1810 and was commonly referred to as a mulatto. She may have had a white mother or father (more likely a white father, as would have been typical for the period). Peg Leg Sam taught himself to play the harmonica as a small child. He left home at age 12 and never stopped wandering. He shined shoes, worked as a houseboy, cooked on ships, and played on street corners. He lost his leg in 1930 while trying to jump a train. He retrieved a pen from a fence post, tied it to his stump with a leather strap, and kept moving. He joined the medicine show circuit in 1937, often performing with Pink Anderson. His ability to play two harmonicas simultaneously (while one went in and out of his mouth) made him a popular attraction; he could also play a harmonica with his nose. Peg Leg Sam gave his last medicine show performance in 1972 in North Carolina, but continued to appear at music festivals in his final years. In 1973, his childhood friend, Henry "Rufe" Johnson, contributed a few songs to Peg Leg Sam's album Medicine Show Man, on both guitar and vocals. He died in Jonesville in October 1977 at the age of 65.

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Louisiana Red - New York Blues / Reality Blues / Anti-Nuclear Blues

Album: New York Blues
Size: 133.5 MB
Time: 57:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1979
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. New York Blues (4:14)
02. I'm In Trouble (3:45)
03. Country Boogie (3:26)
04. I'm A Roaming Stranger (3:29)
05. Chain Gang Blues (5:53)
06. Gasline Blues (3:37)
07. Westpenn Blues (3:56)
08. Hey Lawdy Mama (3:04)
09. Waterboy Blues (3:49)
10. Where Is My Friend (2:45)
11. Overseas Blues (3:23)
12. Pretty Woman (Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (2:52)
13. I Wonder Who (Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (2:19)
14. Lonesome Train (Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (2:49)
15. Tribute To Mama Spivey (Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (4:50)
16. Thirty Dirty Women (Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (2:46)

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Louisiana Red

Recorded June 23, 1979 at Penthouse Recordings, New York. All titles recorded without playback and overdubbing.

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Album: Reality Blues (With Sunnyland Slim Blues Band & Carey Bell)
Size: 119.2 MB
Time: 51:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1980
Styles: Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Farmworkers Blues (5:58)
02. Chicago, Glad To Be Back Home (6:43)
03. Without Of Love (6:23)
04. Jumpin' With Red (4:03)
05. Reality Blues (6:19)
06. Jailhouse Blues (6:41)
07. You Can't Mistreat A Brother (7:06)
08. Labour Blues (Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (4:52)
09. Rock Little Daddy (Eunice Davis Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (3:08)

Personnel:
Electric Guitar, Vocals – Louisiana Red
Bass – Bob Stroger
Blues Harp – Carey Bell
Drums – Odie Payne
Electric Guitar – Hubert Sumlin
Piano – Sunnyland Slim

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Album: Anti-Nuclear Blues
Size: 152.3 MB
Time: 65:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1983
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Anti-Nuclear Blues (3:39)
02. Reagan Is For The Rich Man (3:46)
03. Starving In Detroit (4:48)
04. Still Crying About Detroit (6:29)
05. Tribute To Tampa Red (2:27)
06. No More Destruction In This Land (5:06)
07. I'm Tired (3:44)
08. Bessie (7:16)
09. I'll Get To Victory (4:20)
10. Woodchopping Blues (Live American Folk Blues Festival 1981) [Bonus Track] (5:43)
11. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (Live American Folk Blues Festival 1981) [Bonus Track] (3:29)
12. I Love (Hubert Slim Live American Folk Blues Festival 1981) [Bonus Track] (4:13)
13. Flip, Flop And Fly (Lucky & Flash Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (5:17)
14. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Lucky & Flash Live American Folk Blues Festival 1980) [Bonus Track] (4:57)

Personnel:
Electric Guitar – Gerhard Engbarth (tracks: 7), Louisiana Red (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8)
Guitar – Gerhard Engbarth (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8), Louisiana Red (tracks: 1, 2)
Guitar [Dobro] – Louisiana Red (tracks: 5, 6)
Vocals – Louisiana Red (tracks: 1 to 4 - 6 to 9)

Recorded February 10th and 11th,1983 at Bunkerstudio, Bad Wildungen, FRG.

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

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Louisiana Red - Last Mohican Of The Blues: On The Blues Nightshift

Size: 171.5 MB
Time: 73:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. Intro - Dedicated To Johnny Shines And Homesick James (1:48)
02. Intro - Long Time Ago (4:47)
03. Intro - My Baby Went To New York (4:48)
04. All You Texas Women (4:21)
05. Intro - Devil's Daughter (6:41)
06. Memory Of The Blues Experience (6:23)
07. Intro - After Awhile (6:28)
08. Intro - You Wreck My Mind Baby (4:45)
09. Intro - Where's My Friends (6:43)
10. I Wonder Why (5:54)
11. Last Mohican Of The Blues (6:00)
12. Blues Nightshift (6:50)
13. Lullaby For Marjka Jurkowska, Jo Anne Kelly, Alexis Korner (7:40)

Personnel:
Slide Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Voice – Louisiana Red
Contrabass – Andrzej Gulczynski (tracks: "Bruner" Andrzej Gulczynski)
Guitar – Marek Dabrowski
Harmonica, Voice – "Dlugi" Slawomir Wierzcholski
Violin – Tomasz Kaminski

Last Mohican of the Blues (Polton), recorded in Warsaw, finds him in the company of a quartet of Polish musicians. On occasion, the presence of a string bassist and violinist recalls the early black string-band music, especially on numbers where Red plays his steel-bodied dobro.

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Louisiana Red & Bob Corritore - Tell Me 'Bout It

Size: 117.3 MB
Time: 50:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Mary Dee Shuffle (5:01)
02. Early Morning Blues (3:59)
03. Alabama Train (3:32)
04. Caught Your Man And Gone (4:55)
05. New Jersey Blues (5:30)
06. Freight Train To Ride (3:56)
07. Tell Me 'Bout It (4:09)
08. Earline Who's Been Foolin' You (3:24)
09. Edith Mae (4:29)
10. Bessemer Blues (4:51)
11. Bernice Blues (6:15)

Iverson Minter Jr, better known as Louisiana Red… Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi on March 23, 1936 (although he also claimed to have been born four years earlier in Bessemer, Alabama) and died in Hanover, so far from his disastrous native lands, at the end of February 2012. Many of his personal dramas were widely documented (he lost his mother on his first birthday, and his father was then lynched before his eyes a few years later), and one could detect the source of his tormented character. For my part, I will never forget having programmed it at the Grand Mix, in my hometown of Tourcoing, in March 1999. In a skilfully maintained half-light and in front of a modest fifty spectators, he delivered a solo performance imbued with a penetrating emotion. When I then asked him what he happened to think about when he performed like this in public, he whispered to me: “To my father, I see myself again when I was a child…”, and when his original wife Nigerian woman (who served as his driver, assistant and manager) rebuked him, hitting him: "You're not answering the question, that's not what this young man asked you", he rebuffed her in these terms: “Woman, this is my interview, I answer what I want”. A bit like for the mythical sets of the Velvet Underground at its beginnings, all those who attended this concert still speak of the tremolos in the voice... In Phoenix, Arizona, a scion of Italian immigrants, himself native of Chicago, was one day entrusted with the management of a club located on the outskirts of the city. Baptizing it the Rhythm Room, Bob Corritore has been working there for decades to program what the historical and contemporary blues scene has in terms of wandering talents. Emeritus harmonica player, this frenzied activist never fails to join his guests during their visit, and rarely neglects to take the opportunity to record these performances. The resulting "From The Vaults" series includes a good fifteen titles to date (featuring a panel spanning from the late Henry Gray to Dave Riley, Kid Ramos and John Primer, among others). For this new part of his personal archives, he has selected eleven tracks captured between the year 2000 and 2009 (seven of which are completely unpublished). From the introductory “Mary Dee Shuffle”, the rhythmic imprinted by Brian Fahey and Mario Moreno imprints the seal of the most moist Chicago South Side, where the twirling piano of Matt Bishop and the burning harp of the innkeeper lavish on the vigorous timbre of Louisiana Red the case that suits him. The six strings of Buddy Reed are not to be outdone, and we are immersed there without question in the universe of Muddy Waters. The unreleased “Early Morning Blues” plunges even deeper into this vein, while Red marries the slide licks that McKinley Morganfield used in his time, and the slats of Corritore do the same with those of Big Walter Horton. The man's versatility is then expressed over the swamp "Alabama Train" (which Bob's harp still ignites), but "Caught Your Man And Gone" and "New Jersey Blues" quickly reconnect with Memphis Chicago Wolf blues (hooting in support). As on a good half of the titles, it is the great Chico Chism who officiates at the brooms, delivering the beat in turn determined or bumpy which suits the genre so well. Without an inopportune show-off, Buddy Reed's solo proves to be as tasty and concise as it is relevant, but it is then up to Johnny Rapp to support the Red for a "Freight Train To Ride", where his slide and his singing evoke the angry tone of the late Elmore James. Credited to his ultimate wife, Dora, the titular track once again sides with the Rolling Fork native discovered on the Stovall Plantation, as does "Earline Who's Been Foolin' You" (where Corritore's harp raises the specter of Junior Wells) and “Edith Mae”, worthy of what Muddy dispensed towards the end of the fifties (with again this spine-chilling slide, and a hairy Chism), in the spirit of his “Nineteen Years Old ”. This amazing disc closes with a version of his standard “Bessemer Blues”, followed by a “Bernice Blues” more Morganfieldesque than ever… Passionate fans of vintage Chicago blues, this year begins with an authentic classic of the genre… If you had forgotten what thrills this music can provide, so here comes the time for revisions. ~Patrick Dallonge

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Louisiana Red - Back To The Roots

Size: 93.6 MB
Time: 39:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1987/1992
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Full

01. Backwater Blues (3:50)
02. Pearley May (4:14)
03. Since I Met You Baby (4:00)
04. Freedom On The Road (1:50)
05. What Would It Be Like (6:03)
06. Back To My Roots Again (3:40)
07. When You See Me Walking (3:22)
08. Get Ready Children (3:27)
09. Down In The Basement (5:03)
10. The Day I Met Muddy Waters (4:19)

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

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Louisiana Red & Lefty Dizz - Walked All Night Long

Size: 132,0 MB
Time: 57:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Semi-acoustic blues
Art: Full

1. First Degree (3:19)
2. Bring My Machine Gun (4:37)
3. King Bee (2:29)
4. Stole From Me (2:50)
5. Too Poor To Die (2:51)
6. Walked All Night Long (2:31)
7. Cold White Sheet (6:04)
8. Pinetop (4:40)
9. Going Train Blues (4:47)
10. I'll Pay The Price (3:10)
11. Going Down Georgia (3:13)
12. Ever Heard A Churchbell Sound (3:35)
13. Mary (4:55)
14. Got A Gal With A Dog Won't Bark (3:15)
15. The Whole World (4:40)

The pairing of two legendary blues musicians highlights this release from Labor Records. Recorded in 1976 but only released some years ago for the first time, Walked All Night Long captures the raw intensity of guitarist/vocalist Louisiana Red combining forces with the brilliant guitar wizardry of the under-appreciated and greatly overlooked Lefty Dizz.

Tali Madden (Music Hound) says: "Lefty Dizz was one of the most formidable guitarists on the Chicago scene. His best recorded work surfaced recently on a remarkable, never released before Louisiana Red session (Red on vocals and acoustic slide, Dizz on phenomenal electric guitar). An informal yet charged set, it perfectly combines the dark lyricism of the enigmatic Louisiana Red and the remarkable deft and unique guitar work of Lefty Dizz".

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Louisiana Red & Sugar Blue - Red Funk 'N Blue: The Complete 1978 Recordings (2 CD)

Size: 118,1 + 109,6 MB
Time: 51:04 + 47:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
1. Lamplight Baby (3:50)
2. When My Mama Was Living (4:20)
3. The Women That I've Known (5:44)
4. Look At The Children Run (4:36)
5. New Jersey Women (2:46)
6. Sugar's Harmonica Boogie (3:40)
7. Cadillac Blues (6:52)
8. Why Don't You Come On Home (5:38)
9. Soon Forgotten (5:33)
10. The Whole World (4:28)
11. Sweet Elesse (3:31)

CD 2:
1. King Bee (5:36)
2. Dead Stray Dog (2:44)
3. Sweet Blood Call (3:29)
4. Pretty Woman (5:50)
5. Death Of Elesse (5:50)
6. Rockin' Red (4:52)
7. Rollin' & Tumblin' (5:24)
8. Louisiana Boogie (7:43)
9. Midnight Rambler (2:25)
10. Ride On (3:27)

Louisiana Red had made his first English appearance at the end of 1977. Red was the artist who said: "Give me some money and let's make an album." I thought: "And let's make it live." Red told me about this amazing harmonica player living in Paris, Sugar Blue. We made contact and booked him a train ticket. He arrived in London and told this amazing tale of being discovered on the streets of Paris by The Rolling Stones. And so to the 100 Club. Red and Blue set forth on stage to make the album. Some songs from Red solo and some with Blue adding harmonica. This album is a document of an evening in London that will never come again.

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Louisiana Red - Live At Montreux

Size: 103,3 MB
Time: 44:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000/2003
Styles: Acoustic blues
Art: Full

1. Bring It On Home To Me (3:34)
2. First Degree (3:21)
3. Look At The Children Run (3:38)
4. My Heart's A Loser (4:08)
5. When My Mama Was Living (5:01)
6. Held Up In One Town (4:14)
7. Turkey Killer (3:30)
8. Date With Barbara (3:31)
9. Standing at Your Door (5:23)
10. Going Train Blues (4:30)
11. Sweet Blood Call (3:47)

Recorded live in Switzerland in 1975, here's Louisiana Red performing solo to a wildly appreciative audience. Armed with nothing more than his slide guitar and a voice that consumes most of the space in the mix, Red lays down a set of originals and old standards like Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me" with equal flair. This is a very inspired performance and one of Red's best albums to date. Highly recommended. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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Louisiana Red - Sings The Blues...+

Size: 164,8 MB
Time: 69:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Louisiana Blues
Art: Full

01. Who' Dat? (2:50)
02. Rollin' Stone (3:10)
03. I Am Louisiana Red (2:10)
04. Country Playboy (2:57)
05. You Don't Have To Go (1:59)
06. Mean Ol' Frisco (2:47)
07. Story Of Louisiana Red (3:25)
08. The Same Thing (4:10)
09. Freight Train To Ride (3:30)
10. Where Is My Friend? (4:12)
11. Red's New Dream (4:26)
12. Louisiana Blues (5:34)
13. Standin' By The Airport (3:36)
14. Evil Main Blues (3:48)
15. 'Let These' Blues (4:02)
16. Little Girl Take Your Time (2:05)
17. Let Me Give You Your Exercise (4:20)
18. My Blues Came Rolling Down (3:26)
19. Some Day (3:10)
20. Early In The Morning (3:25)

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

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VA - Popcorn Blues Party Vol. 3 (KMCD30)

Size: 134,8 MB
Time: 56:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Eddie Kirkland - Monkey Tonight (2:40)
02 Muddy Waters - I Won't Go On (2:56)
03 Sugar Pie Desanto - Going Back Where I Belong (2:27)
04 Otis Rush - Homework (2:37)
05 Jody Williams - Moanin' For Molasses (2:23)
06 Little Daddy Walton & Sons - Highway Blues (2:30)
07 Clear Waters - A Minor Cha-Cha (3:05)
08 Louisiana Red - I’m Louisiana Red (3:30)
09 George Smith - Come On Home (1:43)
10 Howlin' Wolf - Who’s Been Talking (2:24)
11 Buddy Ace - Screaming Please (2:31)
12 Willie West - Willie Knows How (2:36)
13 Nappy Brown - Well, Well, Well, Baby-La (2:37)
14 Magic Sam - She Belongs To Me (2:34)
15 Jimmy Nolen - The Way You Do (2:25)
16 Dave 'Baby' Cortez - Gettin To The Point (2:44)
17 Mecie Jenkins - Come Back Pretty Baby (2:36)
18 Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones - Well, I Done Got Over It (2:29)
19 Z.Z. Hill - One Way Love Affair (2:30)
20 Little Johnny Taylor - Somewhere Down The Line (2:13)
21 Jesse Fortune - Too Many Cooks (2:51)
22 Aaron McCray, Jr. - Inter Santum (2:26)

**Track 1 incorrectly listed as "Voo Doo Dust" by Mighty Joe Young.**

In an article for The Guardian titled ''Belgium's 'Popcorn: the last underground music scene in Europe'' musician and writer, Bob Stanley wrote ''the purity of Belgian Popcorn is its very impurity. R&B, Broadway numbers, tangos, Phil Spector-Esque girl groups, and loungey instrumentals, they are all constituent parts of a rare, and still largely undiscovered scene. It won't stay that way forever.''

Sadly the trademark ''Popcorn'' dance style (that reminds me in more than one way of the American ''Shag'' dance and culture still so popular in Carolina) stayed pretty much in Belgium. Everywhere else, the British ''vision'' of the Popcorn genre and dance seem to be the most popular version around the World (just like all the other similar genres I mentioned) and not the original and Belgian Popcorn. In the current ''international'' version of Popcorn (mainly focused on the gritty R&B side of the genre) the minor key seems to be almost mandatory and slower Northern Soul dance moves replaced the original hand dance that was actually a slower version of ''classic'' 1950s rock and roll dancing. On the other hand, this created a new ''buzz'' that seems to appeal to younger generations, while in Belgium the Popcorn crowd is mostly composed of people over 40. For strange that it seems only a few compilations of American and other R&B and pop music in the Belgian Popcorn style (also known as ''Oldies Popcorn'') have been released to this day. Before this series (of 3 volumes) none of them focused on blues (even if lotta songs included here are already regarded by many as ''classics'' of the genre) so I decided to change that. that with a truckload of boss platters straight from his old record box. This second helping of boss ''Popcorn Blues'' tracks anthology features more great tunes. Dig it! ~Little Victor (a.k.a. DJ ''Mojo'' Man)

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Stormy Monday Band & Louisiana Red Meet Carey Bell - Live At 55

Year: 1991
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:30
Size: 116,6 MB
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Ashima (4:42)
2. Blues As I Can Be (5:17)
3. Good Kokamaloo (6:37)
4. Lonesome Hotel (8:00)
5. Funky Slide (5:53)
6. Henk's Baby (4:20)
7. Leulen (5:12)
8. Woman Trouble (4:38)
9. Late Midnight (5:50)

Stormy Monday, based in the Ruhr district, are not just a band accompanying two American blues giants. They mould the music; they give shape to the songs. Ten years of experience playing the blues have enabled them to perform a Chicago style close to the roots. Their line up of a three piece horn section allows them to widen the boundaries towards the neighboring styles of popular Black music, to r&b, rock, funk and reggae.

It all began with "Ashima" which sort of forms the nucleus of these tracks. It is an old song of Red's, previously unrecorded. Stormy Monday were recording at Studio 55 and Red, who they had frequently toured with in recent years, was invited to sit in as a special guest. He was on tour with Carey Bell, so he brought him (and the harmonica) along to the record session. The unexpected result is not only a fine reggae version of "Ashima" but a complete album! All tracks were recorded live at the studio, just a few guitar solos and the horns were dubbed later.

Stormy Monday & Louisiana Red meet Carey Bell - this is the meeting of two outstanding blues men, as much rooted in the tradition as headed for the new, and a dynamic European band that has found a fresh and contemporary approach to the blues. /Excerpt from the liner notes by Berthold Klostermann

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Louisiana Red - Blues Classics

Size: 127,2 MB
Time: 54:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. Anti-Nuclear Blues (Feat. Gerhard Engbarth) (3:41)
02. Tribute To Tampa Red (Feat. Gerhard Engbarth) (2:28)
03. Still Crying About Detroit (Feat. Gerhard Engbarth) (6:32)
04. Arizona Blues (Feat. Carey Bell) (6:25)
05. Prison Blues (Feat. Carey Bell) (5:28)
06. Keep On Slidin' The Blues (Feat. Carey Bell) (4:46)
07. Lonesome Train (Feat. Carey Bell) (5:57)
08. My Life (Feat. Carey Bell) (6:37)
09. No More Destruction In This Land (Feat. Gerhard Engbarth) (5:08)
10. Bessie (Feat. Gerhard Engbarth) (7:18)

Louisiana Red was an extraordinary character. A huge man with a slow, deliberate manner, he was a brilliant songwriter who used the tragedies of his own experience to produce a vivid, visceral Blues. His technique on slide-guitar harked back to the Delta, but he played harp and finger-style electric guitar too, and often moved himself to tears with his passionate vocal delivery. It is surprising that he was not better known, as he performed almost continuously for more than fifty years and played with a host of legendary figures. Red released no less than fifty albums, as well as making countless guest recordings with his admirers. He was awarded a Grammy, and won a shower of awards in the last years of his life.

Born in rural Alabama in 1932, Iverson Minter’s mother died when he was a few days old and when he was nine, his father was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan. His grandmother got him a guitar from a hock shop, and he would sing and play for change on streetcorners, and also learned Blues harp. He moved around some relatives’ homes, before heading north as a teenager, eventually ending up in Chicago where he recorded for the Checker label in 1949. For most of the 50s he was in the armed services, but by the end of the decade he was in John Lee Hooker‘s Detroit band performing as Louisiana Red. His first solo album, ‘Lowdown Back Porch Blues’ was issued in 1963 and sold well, prompting a follow-up album the same year. As well as interpreting some Blues classics, Red wrote chilling Blues songs based on his own life, delivered with a soulful voice and acoustic slide-guitar technique that spoke of the origins of the Blues, back in the Delta. He was always at his best performing alone so he could exploit his excentric sense of timing with utter freedom. It is strange that Red went almost un-noticed in the sixties Blues boom, but perhaps he was too young to be thought an authentic country Bluesman when seen alongside Skip James, Son House and their like.

Blues Classics

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VA - Blues On My Radio

Size: 116,8 MB
Time: 49:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. Lowell Fulson - Worried Life Blues (2:05)
02. Lazy Lester - Made Up My Mind (2:40)
03. Louisiana Red - Goin' Train Blues (3:34)
04. Johnny Dyer - Nine Below Zero (4:15)
05. Charlie Musselwhite - Baby-O (Blues On My Radio) (3:44)
06. Rick Estrin - Sonny Boy Jump (2:59)
07. Harmonica Fats & Bernie Pearl - You Got Your Mouth Stuck Out (3:40)
08. Lazy Lester - Jambalaya (1:56)
09. Lazy Lester - Nothin' But The Devil (2:44)
10. Robert Lockwood Jr. - Dust My Broom - Ramblin' On My Mind (3:06)
11. Lowell Fulson - Big Leg Woman (Boar Hog Grind) (2:22)
12. Lowell Fulson - You Don't Know My Mind (2:33)
13. Lil' Ed - Midnight Burning (3:07)
14. Lazy Lester - Patrol Wagon Blues (3:53)
15. Louisiana Red - Sad Night (5:27)
16. Lowell Fulson - Those Lowdown Blues Theme (0:58)

Bob Corritore has worn a lot of hats. First off, he's a world-class blues harmonica player and blues scholar. He runs his own small record label. He books blues musicians for Phoenix, AZ's finest blues club, the Rhythm Room, and for the purposes of this wonderful little CD collection, he also hosts a blues show called Those Lowdown Blues on Sunday nights from Phoenix's KJZZ 91.5 FM, often bringing in the very touring artists he books for the club to play studio sets on his show, which is where these 16 tracks came from. Each one is an informal, intimate gem, and performances here like Louisiana Red's version of "Goin' Train Blues," Lazy Lester's harmonica rendition of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya," and Lowell Fulson's stately take on "Worried Life Blues" all have a casual urgency about them. This is simply a delightful set. ~Review by Steve Leggett

Blues On My Radio

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Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Early Morning Blues (Feat. Louisiana Red) (Vinyl)

Size: 99,7 MB
Time: 41:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1980
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Early One Morning (4:13)
02. Little Mary (2:48)
03. Driftin' Blues (2:54)
04. Goin' Home To Grandma (5:58)
05. Next Time I See You (3:26)
06. Bollweevil (2:43)
07. Going To Louisiana (3:04)
08. Tell Me Pretty Mama (2:50)
09. Going Down The Road Feling Bad (3:03)
10. That's Alright (4:00)
11. Mailman Blues (2:45)
12. Whiskey Blues (4:02)

Washboard Doc: Washboard
Lucky: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals (tracks1,2,6,7,9,12)
Flash: Bass (Washtub Bass), Kazoo (Hamazoo), Vocals (tracks 1,5,8,12)
Louisiana Red: Dobro (Metal Guitar), Vocals (track 4)

Washboard Doc: Washboard
Lucky: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals (tracks1,2,6,7,9,12)
Flash: Bass (Washtub Bass), Kazoo (Hamazoo), Vocals (tracks 1,5,8,12)
Louisiana Red: Dobro (Metal Guitar), Vocals (track 4)

Joseph Doctor, 8 September 1911, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, d. 16 September 1988, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. A street musician from his arrival in New York in 1935, Washboard Doc was on the fringes of black musical life thereafter, claiming to have recorded alongside Ralph Willis and Sonny Terry. He certainly provided backing for Alec Seward, and also played, with varying degrees of appropriateness, on many Victoria Spivey albums. Full albums by his trio, featuring Lucky (b. Cab Lucky) and Flash (b. John Whitner), led to a European visit in 1980.

Early Morning Blues

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Louisiana Red - Millennium Blues

Size: 141,8 MB
Time: 60:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Red's Vision (5:49)
02. Play On Your Harp (4:50)
03. Let Me Be Your Electrician (5:27)
04. Red's Jazz Groove (5:36)
05. Too Poor To Die (6:33)
06. Red's Childhood Memories (2:15)
07. Orphanage Home Blues (5:19)
08. Leechie Geddens (4:01)
09. Got A Home In That Rock (2:28)
10. Arlene Blues (3:54)
11. Texas Jump (3:40)
12. That Detroit Thing (5:01)
13. Millennium Blues (5:28)

It's an event when Iverson Minter (aka Louisiana Red) puts out a recording, but even rarer a date that has Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, an exceptional blues drummer, wailin' on the harmonica! Add bassist Willie Kent, keyboardist Allen Batts, drummer Dave Jefferson, and second guitarist Brian Bisesi for an excellent blues crew. In the middle is Red's gruff vocal and simple, loping guitar, the catalyst for the fireworks on this authentic roots and contemporary Chicago-style blues CD. These are mostly personal songs, reflecting the tragedy and sorrow of Red's childhood, and the injustice of the current world we live in. The first piece, "Red's Vision," speaks of the President's impeachment, churches burning, and memories of Muddy Waters and Lightnin' Hopkins. "That Detroit Thing" recalls his time in the Motor City. "Arlene Blues" asks "what kinda gal are you?" Then you have good-time tunes like "Let Me Be Your Electrician" so "I can turn your power on." There are three instrumentals, the easygoing swing of "Red's Jazz Groove," the "Killin' Floor"-like "Texas Jump," and the Muddy Waters ramblin' rock of the title track. In the middle of the program is an acoustic guitar and vocals-only autobiographical section, with songs about being in an orphanage, a story about old squeeze "Leechie Geddens," and the tale of running away and being "Home in a Rock." These are more in the Leadbelly to Mississippi Fred McDowell bag, and an intriguing change of pace. Red sounds good, the band sounds good, Smith is a surprisingly good harmonica player, and there's no reason why blues fans everywhere won't get next to this CD by a man who intimately knows the blues from a deep, personal perspective, and is not shy about telling you how he feels. Highly recommended. ~by Michael G. Nastos

Thanks to a special friend.
Millennium Blues MP3
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Various - American Folk Blues Festival '83 / American Folk Blues Festival Live '83

The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. It introduced audiences in Europe, including the UK, to leading blues performers of the day such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson, most of whom had never previously performed outside the US. The tours attracted substantial media coverage, including TV shows, and contributed to the growth of the audience for blues music in Europe.

Album: American Folk Blues Festival '83
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:05
Size: 96.4 MB
Styles: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Year: 1983
Art: Front

[4:37] 1. Louisiana Red - Louisiana Hot Sauce
[3:54] 2. James Sparky Rucker - Black Snake Moan
[8:23] 3. Louisiana Red - Future Blues
[1:29] 4. Larry Johnson - Confusion
[3:43] 5. Larry Johnson - I Got The Blues
[6:11] 6. Lonnie Pitchford - Johnny Stole An Apple
[5:06] 7. Louisiana Red - Delta Fish Market Blues
[2:14] 8. Lovie Lee - Mine To Ramble
[2:10] 9. Lovie Lee - Lovie Lee's Boogie
[4:14] 10. Blues Queen Sylvia Blues Band - You Treat Me So Mean

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Album: American Folk Blues Festival Live '83
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:16
Size: 165.4 MB
Styles: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Year: 1983
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. James 'Sparky' Rucker - Rock Me Baby
[4:10] 2. James 'Sparky' Rucker - Crossroads
[4:03] 3. Larry Johnson - Midnight Hour
[2:20] 4. Larry Johnson - That's The Wrong Woman
[7:05] 5. Louisiana Red & His Chicago Blues Friends - Red's Tribute To Muddy Waters
[6:26] 6. Louisiana Red & His Chicago Blues Friends - Boy From Black Bayou
[3:39] 7. Louisiana Red & His Chicago Blues Friends - She Is Worse
[2:59] 8. Lonnie Pitchford - One-String Boogie
[2:59] 9. Lonnie Pitchford - My Baby Walked Away
[3:39] 10. Lonnie Pitchford - C. C. Rider
[5:56] 11. Carey Bell - When I Lay Down To Rest
[3:24] 12. Louisiana Red - Who's Louisiana Red
[2:50] 13. Louisiana Red - Reagan Is For The Rich Man
[2:06] 14. Lovie Lee - Flip, Flop And Fly
[2:35] 15. Lovie Lee - Mind To Ramble
[1:43] 16. Lovie Lee - Iko-Iko
[6:51] 17. Queen Sylvia - I Love You
[5:22] 18. Queen Sylvia - Baby, What Do I Do

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Various - Mad Music Presents Robust Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:33
Size: 99.7 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:26] 1. Arist-O-Kats - Chasin' The Blues
[2:21] 2. Big Boy Groves - You Can't Beat The Horses
[2:20] 3. Effie Smith - Water Water
[2:40] 4. Charlie Walker - Louise
[2:16] 5. Hattie Green - Over Twenty One
[2:14] 6. Jackie Kelso - Once More
[2:45] 7. John Brim - Gary Stomp
[2:22] 8. James Wayne - This Little Letter
[2:24] 9. J.B. Lenoir - Mama, Talk To Your Daughter
[2:10] 10. H-Bomb Ferguson - Rock H-Bomb Rock
[2:44] 11. Little Papa Joe - Easy Lovin'
[2:16] 12. Louisiana Red - I Done Woke Up
[1:57] 13. Mae Mercer - Great Googa Mooga
[2:58] 14. Nature Boy Brown - Blue Blues Boogie
[2:17] 15. Lowell Fulson - Jukebox Shuffle
[3:04] 16. John Brim - Tough Times
[2:10] 17. Willie Egan - Wow Wow
[2:03] 18. Harmonica Slim - Drop Anchor

A unique and highly original collection of Blues tracks featuring a wide range of performers and styles. Artists featured include Lowell Fulsom, J.B. Lenoir, Louisiana Red, Harmonica Slim, H-Bomb Ferguson, Willie Egan and much more. Not your average Blues comp. 18 tracks, newly remastered.

Mad Music Presents Robust Blues

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Louisiana Red & The City Blues Connection - World On Fire

Size: 101,1 MB
Time: 40:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1985/2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. World On Fire (3:22)
02. Mississippi Girl (2:56)
03. Mini Skirt (1:58)
04. When I Was A Boy (2:21)
05. Voodoo Woman (3:53)
06. Suffering (5:16)
07. Pittsburgh (2:44)
08. Special Medicine (3:56)
09. For My Friend (4:43)
10. Soul Food (4:26)
11. On My Way To The Kingdom Land (4:24)

"The themes of the album “World On Fire” came out of Louisiana Red’s own life. The title song is almost gospel-like although rocking along aggressively, and give warning against the nuclear fire, sung by Red with wild emotion. “When I Was A Boy” is a country honk song about the times on the cotton fields.

“Mississippi Girl” and “Voodoo Woman” are love songs, but with the typical Red excitement. “For My Friend” is dedicated to Bo Diddley, played in the hand jive style, while “Soul Food” shows Red’s old love for soul music. And besides all the “babies of the Blues” (Red) as Rhythm & Blues, Rock and Soul the authentic stuff itself – listen to “Suffering”. The last song of the album is an adaption of an old gospel, “On My Way To The Kingdom Land”. Most of the songs were recorded some kind of live, Red often refused to play a title twice or do overdubs. The spontaneous expression was more important to him. A difficult way to work, but the “City Blues Connection” was the right partner. After the sessions in Volkspark Studio, Hamburg, Red commented: “They are better than any band I had before, even in Chicago”."

World On Fire

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Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint - Back To The Black Bayou

Year: 2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:05
Size: 90,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. I'm Louisiana Red (3:20)
2. Alabama Train (3:32)
3. Crime In Motion (2:51)
4. Ride On Red, Ride On (3:27)
5. Sweet Leg Girl (4:13)
6. The Black Bayou (4:10)
7. Too Poor To Die (3:08)
8. Don't Miss That Train (2:17)
9. You Done Quit Me (4:18)
10. I Came From Louisiana (2:43)
11. Roamin' Stranger (2:48)
12. The Zanzibar (2:12)

"Raw" is an overused and sometimes misapplied term of admiration, especially in the realm of the blues, where it is all too often used as a euphemism for "incompetent and off-key." In the case of Louisiana Red's Back to the Black Bayou, however, it's the only apt descriptor, and it's fully justified as a term of praise: his sound is ragged-edged and fiery, though its center is utterly solid and his delivery is unfailingly powerful.

Having lived in Germany since the early '80s, he went to neighboring Norway to record this album with producer and guitarist Little Victor, and even if the program leans heavily toward old and familiar material ("Ride on Red," "Too Poor to Die," "I Come from Louisiana"), he gives every track an almost shocking immediacy and energy; the subtle rhythmic shifts and adjustments on "Alabama Train" are handled with both grace and authority, "Roamin' Stranger" is given a powerfully grinding rendition, and the traditional gospel song "Don't Miss That Train" provides a nicely shuffling changeup in both lyrical theme and rhythm. But he is perhaps at his most impressive on "Sweet Leg Girl," a slow blues that shows just how much an expatriate bluesman with 60 years of experience can still do. /Rick Anderson, AllMusic

Personnel: Louisiana Red (vocals, guitar); Little Victor (guitar, harmonica); Robert Alexander Pettersen (drums); William "Bill" Troiani (upright bass).

Guest musicians: Kim Wilson, Bob Corritore, Jostein Forsberg (harmonica); Dave Maxwell, Reidar Larsen (piano); The Hawk (guitar); Peter Lundell (percussion).

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