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 326-350 of 398 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick C3459 10-in. 5/9/1929 It’s so nice Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C3460 10-in. 5/9/1929 Voice of the blues Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C3485 10-in. 5/13/1929 The duck’s yas, yas, yas Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C3540 10-in. 5/25/1929 Pat that bread Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C3594 10-in. 6/13/1929 What is it that tastes like gravy? Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Brunswick C3595 10-in. 6/13/1929 You better tighten up on it Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C3685 10-in. 6/22/1929 Prison bound blues Tampa Red Guitar solo instrumentalist, guitar  
Brunswick C3686 10-in. 6/22/1929 You got to reap what you sow Tampa Red Guitar solo instrumentalist, guitar  
Brunswick C3805 10-in. 7/9/1929 I wonder where my easy rider’s gone? Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo leader  
Brunswick C3806 10-in. 7/9/1929 Come on, mama, do that dance Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo leader  
Brunswick C3854 10-in. 7/12/1929 Friendless blues Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, composer, vocalist  
Brunswick C3855 10-in. 7/12/1929 Real kind daddy blues Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C3861 10-in. 7/12/1929 Real kind daddy blues Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C3939 10-in. 7/23/1929 Mama don’t allow no easy riders here Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo leader  
Brunswick C3940 10-in. 7/23/1929 Saturday night scrontch Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo leader  
Brunswick C4184 10-in. 9/4/1929 Mama don’t allow no easy riders here Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C4185 10-in. 9/4/1929 Strewin' your mess Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C4238 10-in. 9/5/1929 Dying mercy blues Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick C4300 10-in. 9/5/1929 Head rag hop Romeo Nelson Piano solo, with talk speaker  
Brunswick C4721½ 10-in. 11/19/1929 Worried man blues Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, composer, vocalist  
Brunswick C4722½ 10-in. 11/19/1929 Mrs. Baker’s blues Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, composer, vocalist  
Brunswick C4723 10-in. 11/19/1929 Blue moanin’ blues Memphis Mose Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar  
Brunswick C4724 10-in. 11/19/1929 Tomorrow blues Memphis Mose Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar  
Brunswick C5032 10-in. 12/17/1929 Mrs. Baker’s blues Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with piano composer, vocalist  
Brunswick C5033 10-in. 12/17/1929 Worried man blues Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with piano composer, vocalist  
(Results 326-350 of 398 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tampa Red," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

Tampa Red. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

"Tampa Red." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 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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