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 76-100 of 402 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-014324	10-in.	10/11/1937	You're more than a palace to me	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-014325	10-in.	10/11/1937	Harlem swing	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-014326	10-in.	10/11/1937	Oh babe, oh baby	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-014327	10-in.	10/11/1937	I'm gonna get high	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-014328	10-in.	10/11/1937	Delta woman blues	Willie B. James ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Victor	BS-014329	10-in.	10/11/1937	Deceitful friend blues	Willie B. James ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Victor	BS-014330	10-in.	10/11/1937	Wrong idea	Willie B. James ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Victor	BS-014331	10-in.	10/11/1937	Whoopee mama	Willie B. James ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Victor	BS-014332	10-in.	10/11/1937	Travel on	Willie B. James ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-014333	10-in.	10/11/1937	Seminole blues	Willie B. James ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-020130	10-in.	3/14/1938	The most of us do	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-020131	10-in.	3/14/1938	We gonna get high together	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-020132	10-in.	3/14/1938	Happily married	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-020133	10-in.	3/14/1938	A lie in my heart	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-020134	10-in.	3/14/1938	Heck of a how-do-you-do	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, leader
Victor	BS-020135	10-in.	3/14/1938	That may get it now	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-020136	10-in.	3/14/1938	That don't matter now	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass	leader, instrumentalist, piano, composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-020137	10-in.	3/14/1938	Grouchy hearted woman	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass	leader, instrumentalist, piano, composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-020138	10-in.	3/14/1938	Why should I care?	Chicago Five ; Willie B. James ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	leader, instrumentalist, piano, composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-020139	10-in.	3/14/1938	Got to leave my woman	Chicago Five ; Willie B. James ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	leader, instrumentalist, piano, composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-020800	10-in.	6/16/1938	Now that you've gone	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-020801	10-in.	6/16/1938	Rock it in rhythm	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-020802	10-in.	6/16/1938	I do	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-020803	10-in.	6/16/1938	Sweetest gal in town	Chicago Five ; Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	leader, composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-020804	10-in.	6/16/1938	Crazy with the blues	Tampa Red	Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass	leader, composer, vocalist

(Results 76-100 of 402 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tampa Red," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

Tampa Red. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106703.

"Tampa Red." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.