"19th Street Red" is the moniker and alter ego of Randy Cohen.
I go into a phone booth as a mere mortal, and 19th Street Red comes out with a cape and super-powers. This is real; I channel my music from the spirits. I am the medium, the music is the message.
I perform as a one-man band all over this country at fairs, festivals, sporting events and basically anywhere I feel my music is needed and there's a dollar to be made. I also perform in a band setting in nightclubs, concert venues, festivals, etc. I think one of my gifts is playing and interacting with other musicians so I savor these opportunities.
Influences
My past lovers, T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Rice Miller, Hound Dog Taylor, the last kiss I've had, Elmore James, Charley Patton, Robert Lockwood, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Guitar Slim, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, Mississippi John Hurt, the piercing glance of a beautiful woman............... I think ya'll get the idea.
Sounds Like
The Blues........ this is a human condition thing...........
Whether leading his tight ensemble or layin’ it down with his one-man band, 19th Street Red has shown himself to be a vital link to the old school blues performers that put this style on the map. Possessed with a rare authority and gritty passion, his own version of delta blues has him playing cities all over the U.S. With his newest release, “Street Dog,” Red proves himself a first class artist. He is an accomplished singer, guitarist, bandleader, songwriter and performer. This is a well-rounded, successful act ready to take it to the next level.
As a child, Red was smitten by the music of blues greats Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and T-Bone Walker. Collecting and absorbing blues records became his biggest pastime. By the time he was twenty-six, Red was fronting an outfit in an “across the tracks” establishment called “Alva’s Lounge” in Northwest Washington D.C. Old time luminaries of blues and jazz including Nap Turner, Bobby “Cuba” Sanchez, Lawrence Wheatly, Bobby Parker, Warner Williams and John Cephas came out of the woodwork to participate in the weekly sessions. Later, in Oakland, California, Red continued to hone his craft with such West Coast greats as Johnny Tolbert, (Little) Frankie Lee, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Errol Slack, Louis Madison and many others. Shows with Francis Clay, Snooky Pryor, Detroit Junior, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Freddie Hughes and many others furthered his confidence and abilities.
In the late nineties, Red joined forces with Bruce Brooks’ and Juliette Valentine’s “Chicago Brother and Sister Blues Band” for a four year stint. He helped the group become living legends on the San Francisco music scene. Here Red also learned the art of working the street. Playing the “low down blues,” Chicago style, inspired him to focus on the Mississippi Delta Blues bug that had bit him as a young boy.
Making New Orleans his home base as of Mardi Gras 2002, Red’s long time interest in Gulf Coast Blues and R&B manifests itself in his band performances and songwriting. His daytime and midnight one-man band performances along Canal and Bourbon Street have stirred up all kinds of interest. With radio spots, nightclub gigs, festivals, and local media exposure, 19th Street Red’s reputation as a New Orleans based bluesman has gained him a foothold in the Crescent City and the Deep South.
Since Hurricane Katrina, Austin, Memphis, and the state of Mississippi have become satellite homes for Red. Spots at the “Highway 61 Blues Festival”, “Bentonia Blues Festival”, “Rosedale Blues Festival”, “Howlin’ Wolf Blues Festival”, “Wolf Weekend Festival”, “The Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival”, The Ogden Museum, The Walter Anderson Museum and at the “Old Pecan Street Festival”, ”Sunflower River Blues Festival”, “Clarksdale Juke-Joint Festival” and the “Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival” have earned this bluesman a reputation and following in Texas, Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta and Gulf Coast. Traveling and singing the blues, Red has found an audience to embrace his renditions of Robert Johnson, Big Joe Williams, John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf and other “down-home”, “gutbucket blues” greats as well as his original compositions.
Contact:
Randy Cohen
828 Royal Street 264
New Orleans, LA 70116
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we are going to make this trivia question a little bit harder. the first person that can answer all of the questions first will win 2 tickets to the Friday June 19 performance at this years blues fest.
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No TBW volunteers, staffing or staff's immediate family kind can enter to win... Good Luck and have fun searching for the clues.....
1. On Gary Nicholson's website (He is performing Sat night as "Whitey Johnson") - www.garynicholson.com - there is a photo of Gary with two performers who have recorded his music:
2.Which of these three world class singers have performed on the Music City Texas Theater stage in Linden, TX? hint.... www.musiccitytexas.org
3.Name 4 of the 7 labels T-Bone Walker was signed with... hint.... wikepedia works wonders in finding this out :)
4. In what year was T-Bone Walker inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame
Contest for Free Concert Tickets: Linden, Texas is the hometown of a number of musicians who made the national stage. Name three of the four Linden native son musicians who have been inducted into a national music Hall of Fame.
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My sneak attack in Rosedale did go as planned, but I had a great time!!! I just love the Blue Levee and I think that all that attended loved you as well!
