Boogie Woogie Red | |
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Birth name | Vernon Harrison |
Born | Rayville, Louisiana, United States | October 18, 1925
Died | July 2, 1992 Detroit, Michigan, United States | (aged 66)
Genres | Detroit blues, boogie-woogie, jazz [1] |
Occupation(s) | Pianist, singer, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | 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]
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]