We remember the great Louisiana Red (March 23, 1932 – February 25, 2012) with this collection of photos.

Louisiana Red, May 2010, Memphis. Photo by Bob Corritore.

Louisiana Red & Bob Corritore on the Patio at The Rhythm Room – 2008
(Photo by Dave Blake)

Louisiana Red
(Photo by Robert Hughes)

Chris James, Louisiana Red, Bob Corritore Perform at the Lahnstein Blues Festival in Germany – 2008
(Photo by Sabine Bishof)

Louisiana Red backstage at the Lahnsteiner Blues Festival, Germany, September 27, 2008. Photo Bob Corritore.

Louisiana Red & Bob Corritore Performing at the 2010 Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN
(Photo by Horst-Dieter Fischer)

Bob Corritore and Louisiana Red at the 2010 Blues Music Awards, Memphis. Photo by Tim Woods.

Bob Corritore and Louisiana Red at the 2010 Blues Music Awards, Memphis. Photo by Tim Woods.

Louisiana Red, May 2010, Leeway Studio, Memphis at a session for the album Memphis Mojo. Photo Bob Corritore.

Louisiana Red & Bob Corritore at a Blues Foundation Event at Alfred’s on Beale Street in Memphis, TN the Day After the 2010 BMAs!
(Photo by Aigers Lapsa)

Louisiana Red was a great harmonica player. Here he is performing live in 1970. Photo Michael Ochs Archives/Getty images.

Louisiana Red in the 1970s
(Photo Courtesy of Andre Hobus)

French harmonica Ace Vincent Bucher and Louisiana Red.

Homesick James and Louisiana Red autograph signing at the Chicago Blues Festival. Photo by Bob Corritore.

Louisiana Red in the 1970s
(Photo Courtesy of Andre Hobus)

Louisiana Red at Juke Joint Studio in Notodden, Norway, Recording the Back To The Black Bayou Album – July 29, 2008
(Photo by Rob DeFries)

Louisiana Red & Pinetop Perkins Backstage at the 2008 Chicago Blues Festival
(Photo by Bob Corritore)

Louisiana Red playing Bob Margolin’s guitar, backstage Chicago Blues Festival. Photo Bob Margolin.

Louisiana Red playing Bob Margolin’s guitar backstage at Chicago Blues Festival. Photo Bob Margolin.

Louisiana Red Photos by Eric Minodier.

Louisiana Red and Vicente Harmonica Zumel, Getxo Blues Festival, Spain, 1991. Photo Pedro Urresti.

Bob Corritore & Louisiana Red Performing at The Rhythm Room – Mid 1990s
(Photo by Margie Zebell)

Bob Corritore & Louisiana Red at the 2003 King Biscuit Blues Festival. Photo Bill Barkley.

Dora Minter (Red’s wife), Chico Chism, Drew Verbis, Nina Curri, Louisiana Red at the Rhythm Room. Photo courtesy Drew Verbis.

Little Victor, Louisiana Red, Bob Corritore, Håkon Høye – Alfred’s in Memphis, TN – May 2010
(Photo by Deb Lubin)

Louisiana Red, Muddy Waters, Professor Longhair at the 1978 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Louisiana Red & Muddy Waters in Muddy’s Backyard in Westmont, IL – 1982
(Photo by Jim Themelis)

Louisiana Red performing at Warsaw Wally’s, Phoenix, 1982

Susie Tarsha, Bob Corritore, Louisiana Red at Warsaw Wally’s, Phoenix, 1982.

Louisiana Red newspaper clipping for 1982 gig in Phoenix, AZ.

Louisiana Red. Photo Andre Hobus Library, courtesy Marc De Jonghe.

Louisiana Red & Bob Corritore Performing at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN – 2010
(Photo by Mike Lovato)

HighTone Records Promo Photo for Louisiana Red & Bob Corritore
This image shows the two performing at the 2003 King Biscuit Blues Festival.
(Photo by Jen Taylor / Vividpix)

Ruth Brown and Louisiana Red.

Ike Turner, Louisiana Red, B.B. King.

Bob Corritore, Louisiana Red, Alex Pettersen, Little Victor, Billy “T” Troiani, Håkon Høye Performing at the 2010 Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN. Note that David Maxwell was also on this set but is not shown in this photo. (Photo by Horst-Dieder Fischer)

Louisiana Red, Bob Corritore, Little Victor at the 2010 Blues Music Awards ceremony. Photo by Arnie Goodman.

Photo by Phillipe Prétet.

Louisiana Red
(Photo by Brian Smith)

Louisiana Red
(Photo by Brian Smith)

Louisiana Red
(Photo by Brian Smith)

Louisiana Red, King of the Slide Guitar! – 1998
(Photo by Pertti Nurmi)

Red at the Rhythm Room. Photo David Horwitz.

Bob Corritore and Louisiana Red in performance at the Rhythm Room. Photo Jim Wells.

Louisiana Red at Bob Corritore at KJZZ. Photo by Drew Verbis.

Bob Corritore and Louisiana Red at the 2003 King Biscuit Blues Festival. Photo by Bill Barkley.

Bob Corritore and Louisiana Red at the 2003 King Biscuit Blues Festival. Photo Bill Barkley.

Photo of 45 by Alexis Korner.

Louisiana Red had his memorial services in Hanover, Germany but did not have any services in the United States. Bob Corritore approached the Blues Foundation to put together a memorial show for him the day after the 2012 Blues Music Awards. Over 50 musicians lovingly participated in this event which by the way was extended an additional hour. Red had touched so many people’s lives. This poster put together by Amy Brat with the photo by Axel Küstner.

A letter from Louisiana Red.

Louisiana Red Enjoys the Swing at Bernie Pearl’s Backyard
(Photo by Bernie Pearl)

Louisiana Red – 2008
(Photo by Dave Blake)

Bob Corritore and Louisiana Red at the Rhythm Room.

This is a vintage photo of Louisiana Red, and perhaps the earliest known photo of him. This was framed and on the wall at Louisiana Red’s home in Hannover. Bob snapped a photo while there for the funeral. We speculate that it was either a high school graduation photo or an early musician publicity photo.
(Photo by Bob Corritore, Enhanced by Michael Messer)

In 1982 Bob Corritore booked Louisiana Red at The Purple Turtle in Phoenix. Years later, in 1991, this venue would become Bob’s club The Rhythm Room!

Illustration of Louisiana Red by Brian Kramer. 

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