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Louisiana Red and Bob Corritore—Tell Me 'Bout It—Southwest
Musical Arts Fnd ASIN : B09NK899P1

I normally think of Louisiana Red (real name Iverson Minter with
his blues name gained for his love of 'Louisiana Red' hot sauce)
as an acoustic guitarist but here he plays electric on seven

sessions recorded with Bob Corritore during trips to Phoenix
between 2000 and 2009. Red was a versatile guitarist who
played in various styles from his emergence in the late 1950's
and he later toured all around Europe before eventually marrying

a German woman and settling down to live in Hanover. Other
musicians involved in these sessions are Bob's usual 'From the

Vaults' crew including Chico Chism, David Maxwell, Bob Margolin, Little Victor, Buddy Reed,
Johnny Rapp, Chris James, Patrick Rynn and Brian Fahey.

The overall sound here is Chicago blues with a full band and Red on vocals and guitar but 'Early

Morning Blues' is a nice duet with just Red and Bob, while 'Alabama Train' is a powerful blues with
great piano from David Maxwell and 'Caught Your Man and Gone' is a relaxed shuffle on the theme
of 'I Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore'. 'Freight Train to Ride' is an Elmore James-style fast

blues with 'Edith Mae' and 'Bernice' being Elmore-style slow blues, many of Red's lyrics tell of his
travels, both in the States and elsewhere and 'Bessemer Blues' is a namecheck for the Alabama
town where he was born. Red is perfectly at home here playing and singing with Bob and the band
providing very sympathetic backing for him and everything is well played and produced. I did find

it a bit generic and would have liked to have heard more duo tracks for a bit of variety.

Graham Harrison

Catfish Keith—Land Of The Sky—Fish Tale Records

I've seen Catfish Keith live a couple of times so was perfectly
aware of what a good guitarist he is but I wasn't prepared for the
sheer sonic magnificence of the guitar sound on this record - at

times it's hard to believe that it comes from just one man and his
guitar. This starts from the first track Jimmie Rodgers' ‘Away Out
On The Mountain' where he plays a 2018 National Resophonic

'exploding palm' baritone tricone (Ed. - That's enough guitar
porn!) and follows it up with Joseph Spence's delicious ‘Bimini
Gal’. I've heard people describe Keith as "that blues slide
guitarist..." but on this CD he takes blues, country and old pop songs together with four of his own

compositions, and gives them all the Catfish treatment so we have a variety of styles but with an
overall unified sound.