Boogie Woogie Red
Birth name Vernon Harrison
Born October 18, 1925
Rayville, Louisiana, United States
Died July 2, 1992 (aged 66)
Detroit, Illinois, United States
Genres Detroit blues, boogie-woogie, jazz
Occupations Musician, pianist, singer, songwriter
Instruments Piano, vocals
Years active 1945–1992
Labels Blind Pig
Boogie Woogie Red (October 18, 1925 - July 2, 1992) was an American Detroit
blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter. He variously
worked with Sonny Boy Williamson, Washboard Willie, Baby Boy Warren, Lonnie
Johnson, Tampa Red, John Lee Hooker and Memphis Slim.
Biography
He was born Vernon Harrison in Rayville, Louisiana, moving to Detroit in
1927. In his adolescence he began performing in local clubs, and went on to
work alongside Sonny Boy
Williamson, Baby Boy Warren and
John Lee Hooker.
In the mid 1970s, Red used to play 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 that same decade. Red appeared on BBC Television's Old Grey
Whistle Test in May 1973. However most of Red's work was completed within
Illinois.
He died in Detroit, in July 1992, at the age of 66.
