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 402 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | C3314 | 10-in. | 4/18/1929 | Boot it, boy | Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Brunswick | C3315 | 10-in. | 4/18/1929 | My daddy rocks me | Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Brunswick | C3421 | 10-in. | 5/2/1929 | What you gonna do? | Thomas Andrew Dorsey ; Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Brunswick | C3422 | 10-in. | 5/2/1929 | Givin’ it away | Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
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 | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Brunswick | C3460 | 10-in. | 5/9/1929 | Voice of the blues | Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
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 | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
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 | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
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 | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
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 | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
Brunswick | C3855 | 10-in. | 7/12/1929 | Real kind daddy blues | Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Brunswick | C3861 | 10-in. | 7/12/1929 | Real kind daddy blues | Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
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 | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
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 | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Brunswick | C4238 | 10-in. | 9/5/1929 | Dying mercy blues | Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
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 | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
Brunswick | C4722½ | 10-in. | 11/19/1929 | Mrs. Baker’s blues | Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tampa Red," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.
Tampa Red. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.
"Tampa Red." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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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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