Muddy Waters protége shown in his own light
Remarkable solo blues from the unparalleled Louisiana Red
Loaded with sweat and emotion
Exceptionally good recording quality

As a young man, Louisiana Red followed bluesmen like John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk and Elmore James learning much from them without ever actually being a sideman.

He's unusual in that his instrument was the acoustic guitar - usually bottleneck style, despite the fact that he belongs to the generation of blues players that mostly chose electric. His playing is quite traditional - in the style of the Mississippi Delta.

'….. Red pushes his high-tenor voice from desolate moans to exuberant upper-register wails, immersing himself in Kent Cooper's bleak fables as if he had written them himself. His slide work, rooted solidly in the Delta tradition, cuts as fiercely to the bone as his vocals.'
- David Whiteis, Living Blues