Tampa Red
Hudson Whittaker (born Hudson Woodbridge, January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981), known as Tampa Red, was an American Chicago blues musician. Tampa Red is best known as a blues guitarist who had a distinctive single-string slide style. His songwriting and his bottleneck technique influenced other leading Chicago blues guitarists, such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk and Muddy Waters, and many others, including 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". |
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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 1-25 of 382 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-48619 | 10-in. | 11/23/1928 | It's tight like that | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BVE-48755 | 10-in. | 12/14/1928 | Rolling mill stomp | State Street Stompers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BVE-48756 | 10-in. | 12/14/1928 | Panama blues | State Street Stompers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80381 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | I'll kill your soul (And dare your spirit to move) | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with kazoo, guitar, and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-80382 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | If I let you get away with it (You'll do it all the time) | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with kazoo, guitar, and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-80383 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | I'll find my way | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-80384 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | You've got to do better | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with kazoo, guitar, and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-80385 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | Kingfish blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80386 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | You don't want me blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80387 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | Nobody's sweetheart | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with kazoo, guitar, and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80599 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | I'm just crazy 'bout you | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
Victor | BS-80600 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | I still got California on my mind | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80601 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | Grievin' and worryin' blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-80602 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | Give it up buddy and get goin' | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-80603 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | Somebody's been using that thing | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars, piano, and kazoo | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80604 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | Mean mistreater blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80925 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Happy Jack | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and kazoo | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80926 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | I'm so disappointed in you | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and kazoo | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80927 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Worried devil blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and yodeling | vocalist, composer, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80928 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Christmas and New Year's blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80929 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Sweet woman | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80930 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | I'll get a break some day | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80931 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Witchin' hour blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80932 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Stockyard fire | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-85523 | 10-in. | 2/26/1935 | Worthy of you | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with jug band and talk | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tampa Red," accessed February 7, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.
Tampa Red. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 7, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.
"Tampa Red." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 7 February 2023.
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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
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