Different Shade of Red

Louisiana Red | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Severn
• ASIN: B000066AW5
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #542,334 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Take Your Time

2. Lou Jean

3. Alabama Train

4. I Had A Dream

5. Blue Evening

6. Blues 2001

7. Laundromat Blues

8. Lightning Bug

9. Where's My Friends?

10. Phillipa

11. Sleep Little Robert

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Crimson!, May 28, 2002

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deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Different Shade of Red (Audio CD)

In March 2001, the town of Woodstock passed on the keys to the City to Louisiana Red. This CD commemorates this historic event. Surrounded by many capable artists including Jimmy Vivino on guitar, David Maxwell on organ and a horn section arranged and directed by Vivino, Red puts out a CD that is both soulful and bluesy. All of the tracks were written by Red and are credited to his birth name "Iverson Minter". A delightful disc, heavily rhythmic at times but always easy listening.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Different Shade of Red, my review from Barcelona, little dispointed, November 20, 2007

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Jose Maria Domenech Fedi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Different Shade of Red (Audio CD)

Before buying a record, I normally read the different opinions about it in this Amazon review's section. Usually this runs very well for me, but in Louisiana Red's `Different shade of Red' I clearly disagree with reviewer deepbluereview. According to him, it is a good record. For me it is one of the limpest Louisiana Red's recordings, too much jumping R&B/JUMP Blues instead of very good classic Blues he is accustomed to do like as "Louisiana train", "Blues evening" and "Where's my friend". This is not to say that it is bad, but it lacks consistency, specially when compared with others Red's records like `Always played the Blues' or `The lowdown back porch Blues', both very good.

Iverson Minter nicknamed `Louisiana Red' is usually a very good Blues supplier but not at all in this case.

Sincerely I'm not glad about having bought this record. I expected much more from it. I give it, thinking in the Blues, from 2 to 2.5 stars.

3.0 out of 5 stars I jumped the gun on purchasing this CD, February 6, 2012

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Chris Hughes (Newark, DE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Different Shade of Red (Audio CD)

I heard a single track on my TV's digital Blues channel and I really liked the horns.. I bought the CD.. Typically I'm very positive about things/reviews. I can't be for this one.. Unfortunetely "Red's" best singing days are behind him. The vocals are so strained that it's painful to listen to... The BAND is incredible, however a different vocalist is required to make it work.