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 1-25 of 402 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tampa Red," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

Tampa Red. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

"Tampa Red." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.