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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 226-250 of 402 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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	vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar
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-1947	10-in.	9/16/1946	Poor stranger blues	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-1033	10-in.	9/18/1947	I found out for myself	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-1035	10-in.	9/18/1947	My heart belongs to you	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-1114	10-in.	10/31/1947	Sugar baby	Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D7VB-1115	10-in.	10/31/1947	Keep jumping	Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar
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

(Results 226-250 of 402 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tampa Red," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

Tampa Red. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

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