Boogie Woogie Red

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 the mid-1970s, Boogie Woogie Red played solo piano at the Blind Pig, a small bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[1] Red appeared on BBC Television's Old Grey Whistle Test in May 1973.