Speckled Red

   
Artist: Speckled Red

   Genre(s): 
Blues
   

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Discography:


   
 Collection (Boogie Woogie)

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Tracks: 4

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Pianist Speckled Red (born Rufus Perryman) was born in Monroe, LA, only he made his reputation as part of the St. Louis and Memphis vapors scenes of the '20s and '30s. Red was evenly adept in early malarky and boogie woogie -- his mode is interchangeable to Roosevelt Sykes and Little Brother Montgomery.


Speckled Red was born in Louisiana, only he was raised in Hampton, Georgia, where he erudite how to play his church's organ. In his early teens, his fellowship -- including his chum Willie Perryman, world Health Organization is better-known as Piano Red -- stirred to Atlanta, Georgia. Throughout his childhood and adolescence he played piano and organ and by the time he was a teenager, he was playing house parties and juke joints. Red stirred to Detroit in the mid-'20s and spell he was at that place, he played versatile night clubs and parties. After a few eld in Detroit, he stirred second south to Memphis. In 1929, he cut his first recording roger Huntington Sessions. One birdsong from these roger Sessions, "The Dirty Dozens," was released on Brunswick and became a hit in late 1929. He recorded a sequel, "The Dirty Dozens, No. 2," the following year, merely it failed to become a strike.


Later on Red's second set of roger Huntington Sessions failed to trade, the pianist spent the succeeding few days without a contract -- he simply played local Memphis clubs. In 1938, he cut a few sides for Bluebird, only they were mostly unheeded.


In the early '40s, Speckled Red stirred to St. Louis, where he played local clubs and bars for the following decade and a half. In 1954, he was rediscovered by a number of vapours aficianados and record label owners. By 1956, he had recorded several songs for the Tone record label and began a tour of America and Europe. In 1960, he made some recordings for Folkways. By this time, Red's increasing age was causing him to cut back the number of concerts he gave. For the pillow of the '60s, he only performed now and again. Speckled Red died in 1973.