Boogie Woogie Red
Boogie Woogie Red | |
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| Born | Vernon Harrison October 18, 1925 Rayville, Louisiana, United States |
| Died | July 2, 1992 (aged 66) Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Detroit blues, boogie-woogie, jazz[1] |
| Occupations | Pianist, singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Piano, vocals |
| Years active | 1945–1992 |
| Labels | Blind Pig Records |
Boogie Woogie Red (October 18, 1925 – July 2, 1992)[2] was an American Detroit blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter.[1] At different times he worked with Sonny Boy Williamson I, Washboard Willie, Baby Boy Warren, Lonnie Johnson, Tampa Red, John Lee Hooker and Memphis Slim.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]He was born Vernon Harrison in Rayville, Louisiana,[2] and moved to Detroit in 1927.[1] In his adolescence, he began performing in local clubs and worked alongside Sonny Boy Williamson I, Baby Boy Warren and John Lee Hooker.[1]
In the mid-1970s, Boogie Woogie Red played solo piano at the Blind Pig, a small bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He recorded his own albums in 1974 and 1977 and toured Europe in that decade.[1] Red appeared on BBC Television's Old Grey Whistle Test in May 1973.[3]
He died in July 1992, at the age of 66, in Detroit.[2]
Discography
[edit | edit source]- Live at the Blind Pig (1974), Blind Pig Records
- Red Hot (1977), Blind Pig Records[4]
See also
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External links
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- 1925 births
- 1992 deaths
- American blues pianists
- American male jazz pianists
- American blues singers
- American jazz pianists
- Songwriters from Louisiana
- Boogie-woogie pianists
- Detroit blues musicians
- 20th-century American singers
- Blues musicians from Louisiana
- 20th-century American pianists
- Singers from Louisiana
- People from Rayville, Louisiana
- Jazz musicians from Louisiana
- 20th-century American male singers
- Blind Pig Records artists
- American male songwriters
- 20th-century American songwriters
- 20th-century American male pianists