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 1-25 of 402 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 | composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar, vocalist, 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 | instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar, vocalist, lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-80383 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | I'll find my way | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, vocalist, 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 | composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, vocalist, guitar, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-80385 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | Kingfish blues | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer, vocalist, 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 | composer, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80387 | 10-in. | 3/22/1934 | Nobody's sweetheart | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with kazoo, guitar, and piano | instrumentalist, kazoo, vocalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-80599 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | I'm just crazy 'bout you | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80600 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | I still got California on my mind | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar, composer, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80601 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | Grievin' and worryin' blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar, lyricist, composer, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80602 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | Give it up buddy and get goin' | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | lyricist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
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 | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80604 | 10-in. | 6/14/1934 | Mean mistreater blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar, composer, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80925 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Happy Jack | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and kazoo | composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80926 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | I'm so disappointed in you | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and kazoo | composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80927 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Worried devil blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and yodeling | composer, vocalist, 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 | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80929 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Sweet woman | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80930 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | I'll get a break some day | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80931 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Witchin' hour blues | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-80932 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Stockyard fire | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-85523 | 10-in. | 2/26/1935 | Worthy of you | Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with jug band and talk | composer, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tampa Red," accessed September 3, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.
Tampa Red. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 3, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.
"Tampa Red." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 September 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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