Louisiana Red - The Lowdown Back Porch Blues - 180g LP

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Louisiana Red - The Lowdown Back Porch Blues - 180g LP
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AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

Pure Pleasure / Roulette -  PPAN R25200 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl

AAA 100% Analogue  - Limited Edition - Pressed at Pallas in Germany

 Mastering by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios - Roulette R525200

A Sublime Blues LP - Sound 88% Ken Kessler HIFI News

The re-mastered vinyl captures the fluid tonality of Louisiana Red’s unique voice. All of the grittiness is present, but with very limited distortion, especially on electric guitar. The rhythm section is mixed well and provides a bottom anchor to the recording. The Lowdown Back Porch Blues should be part of any blues collection. - Audiophileudition

The re-mastered vinyl captures the fluid tonality of Louisiana Red’s unique voice. All of the grittiness is present, but with very limited distortion, especially on electric guitar. The rhythm section is mixed well and provides a bottom anchor to the recording. The Lowdown Back Porch Blues should be part of any blues collection.- Audiophileaudition

Recorded in New York with Tommy Tucker, Lowdown Back Porch Blues is Louisiana Red's first album and, in many ways, it's his best. Supported by a bare-bones rhythm section, Red plays a number or traditional tunes and originals. His guitar is nearly as powerful and overwhelming as his vocals, making this a truly compelling listen.

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 a number of labels. Louisiana Red moved to Hanover, Germany in 1981, and maintained a busy recording and performing schedule through the subsequent decades into the new millennium. He died in Germany in 2012 when his thyroid imbalance brought on a stroke.

Recorded in New York with Tommy Tucker, "Lowdown Back Porch Blues" is Louisiana Red's first album and, in many ways, it's his best. Supported by a bare-bones rhythm section, Red plays a number or traditional tunes and originals. His guitar is nearly as powerful and overwhelming as his vocals, making this a truly compelling listen.

Bluesman Louisiana Red wasn't one of the best-known of modern era artists, but he was one of the best-loved by the blues community. Taking his cue from his own musical idols, artists like Muddy Waters and Lightnin' Hopkins, Louisiana Red forged a lengthy and productive career of quiet elegance based on his powerful vocals and distinctive guitar style. Red's long-time friend and fellow musician Bob Corritore probably said it best, saying of Red, "he could create moods and textures, both musically and spiritually, and had the ability of falling so deep into his own songs that he would go to tears, making his audience cry with him. That was the gift of this great artist."

The re-mastered vinyl captures the fluid tonality of Louisiana Red’s unique voice. All of the grittiness is present, but with very limited distortion, especially on electric guitar. The rhythm section is mixed well and provides a bottom anchor to the recording. The Lowdown Back Porch Blues should be part of any blues collection. - Audiophileudition

Musicians:

  • Louisiana Red (vocal, guitar, harpsichord)
  • Karl Lynch (bass)
  • Panama Francis (drums)

Recording: 1963 in New York City
Production: Henry Glover

Track Listing:
1. Red’s Dream
2. Working Man Blues
3. I’m Louisiana Red
4. Sweet Aleese
5. Keep Your Hands Off My Woman
6. I’m A Roaming Stranger
7. Ride On Red, Ride On
8. I Wonder Who
9. The Seventh Son
10. Sad News
11. Two Fifty Three
12. Don’t Cry

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