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Tampa Red
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hudson Woodbridge, Hudson Whittaker
American Chicago blues musician (1904-1981)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1904-01-08
- Active to
- 1981-03-19
acoustic bluesacoustic chicago bluesblueschicago blues
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 72,578
- Total plays
- 405,611
Tags
bluesClassic BluesChicago Bluesguitarmississippi
Tampa Red (January 8, 1904 - March 19, 1981), born Hudson Woodbridge but known from childhood as Hudson Whittaker, was an influential American musician. Tampa Red is best known as an accomplished and influential blues guitarist who had a unique single-string bottleneck style. His songwriting and his silky, polished slide technique influenced other leading Chicago blues guitarists, such as Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Nighthawk, as well as Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Mose Allison and many others.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Named after
- Tampa
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Smithville
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Bluebird Records
- Image
- Tampa-in-beret zpsd4275d4e.webp
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of birth
- 1904-01-08
- date of death
- 1981-03-19
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- birth name
- Hudson Woodbridge
- pseudonym
- Jimmy Eager
- nickname
- The Guitar Wizard
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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