Tampa Red
Biography
Hudson Whittaker (born Hudson Woodbridge; January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981), better known by his stage name Tampa Red, was an American 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, and Elmore James. 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", "Let Me Play with Your Poodle", and "Love Her with a Feeling".
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Half Mile Harvest
2017
The Original Lost Elektra Sessions
1995
Bluebird Blues
1965
Rare And Unissued
1984
The Best Of Big Maceo Merriweather, Vol.2
1984
Super Sisters: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 3
1982
Blame It On The Blues
1969
Blues The World Forgot
1968
Alone With My Friends
1961
Blues Classics By Sonny Boy Williamson Volume 3
Blues Classics By Sonny Boy Williamson Volume 2
Border Beneath The Sun
1992
The Bill Broonzy Story
1961
Big Bill Broonzy Sings Country Blues
1957
Credited work
643 releases · 162 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 2,035
- Other credits · 234
Studios: Dockside Studio · Soundtrack Studios · Budokan · The Cotton Club (2)
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Big Maceo
- Ma Rainey
- Sonny Boy Williamson
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Junior Wells
- Bob Dylan
- Victoria Spivey