Tampa Red

Hudson Whittaker (born Hudson Woodbridge; January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981), known as Tampa Red, was a Chicago blues musician.

His distinctive single-string slide guitar style, songwriting and bottleneck technique influenced other Chicago blues guitarists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk, Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Mose Allison. In a career spanning over 30 years, he also recorded pop, R&B and hokum songs. His best-known recordings include "Anna Lou Blues", "Black Angel Blues", "Crying Won't Help You", "It Hurts Me Too", and "Love Her with a Feeling".

Birth and Death Data: Born January 8, 1904 (Smithville), Died March 19, 1981 (Chicago)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer, leader, kazoo, lyricist, songwriter, piano, electric guitar, speaker, yodeling

Notes: Often sub-credited as "The Guitar Wizard." Compositions generally credited as Hudson Whittaker, his real name.

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Recordings (Results 226-250 of 398 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor D6AB-1826 10-in. 2/19/1946 Let's try it again Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D6AB-1827 10-in. 2/19/1946 Maybe some day Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D6AB-1828 10-in. 2/19/1946 Crying won't help you Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D6AB-1829 10-in. 2/19/1946 Please be careful Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D6VB-1945 10-in. 9/16/1946 You may be down some day Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor D6VB-1946 10-in. 9/16/1946 She's a solid killer diller Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D6VB-1948 10-in. 9/16/1946 New bad luck blues Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D7VB-0338 10-in. 2/27/1947 Broke and hungry blues Big Maceo Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, string bass, and drums instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor D7VB-0339 10-in. 2/27/1947 If you ever change your ways Big Maceo Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, string bass, and drums instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor D7VB-0340 10-in. 2/27/1947 It's all over now Big Maceo Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, string bass, and drums instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor D7VB-0341 10-in. 2/27/1947 I lost my little woman Big Maceo Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, string bass, and drums instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor D7VB-1032 10-in. 9/18/1947 In love with you Arbee Stidham Male vocal solo, with instrumental sextet instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor D7VB-1034 10-in. 9/18/1947 I don't know how to cry Arbee Stidham Male vocal solo, with instrumental sextet instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor D7VB-1040 10-in. 9/23/1947 I know my baby loves me Tampa Red Male vocal solo with instrumental sextet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D7VB-1041 10-in. 9/23/1947 Blue and all alone Tampa Red Male vocal solo with instrumental sextet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D7VB-1042 10-in. 9/23/1947 You better woo your baby Tampa Red Male vocal solo with instrumental sextet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D7VB-1043 10-in. 9/23/1947 Grieving blues Tampa Red Male vocal solo with instrumental sextet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor D7VB-1115 10-in. 10/31/1947 Keep jumping Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor D7VB-1117 10-in. 10/31/1947 Roaming and rambling Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor D9VB-0353 10-in. 1/26/1949 Casey Brown blues Guitar Pete Franklin Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, piano  
Victor D9VB-0356 10-in. 1/26/1949 Down behind the rise Guitar Pete Franklin Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, piano  
Victor D9VB-0460 10-in. 3/24/1949 It's a brand new boogey Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer, instrumentalist, guitar, leader, vocalist  
Victor D9VB-0461 10-in. 3/24/1949 Come on, if you're coming Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer, instrumentalist, guitar, leader, vocalist  
Victor D9VB-0462 10-in. 3/24/1949 Please try to see it my way Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band instrumentalist, guitar, composer, leader, vocalist  
Victor D9VB-0463 10-in. 3/24/1949 When things go wrong with you Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer, instrumentalist, guitar, leader, vocalist  
(Results 226-250 of 398 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tampa Red," accessed May 8, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

Tampa Red. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 8, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

"Tampa Red." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703

External Sources

Wikipedia: Tampa Red

Discogs: Tampa Red

Allmusic: Tampa Red

Britannica: Tampa Red

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Tampa Red, 1904-1981 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92117137

Wikidata: Tampa Red - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1345751

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/120789174

MusicBrainz: Tampa Red - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1b62df85-00d2-464f-81bc-a5c0cdcad278

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1509194

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