Tampa Red

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Tampa Red was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his distinctive single-string slide guitar style and major contributions to Chicago blues.

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instanceOf blues musician
person
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1950s
activeYearsStart 1920s
alsoKnownAs Hudson Woodbridge NERFINISHED
The Guitar Wizard NERFINISHED
associatedWithCity Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
birthName Hudson Whittaker NERFINISHED
burialPlace Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens South, Glenwood, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
collaboratedWith Big Bill Broonzy NERFINISHED
Georgia Tom NERFINISHED
Memphis Minnie NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-01-08
dateOfDeath 1981-03-19
genre Chicago blues
blues
hokum blues
influenced B.B. King NERFINISHED
Chicago blues musicians
Elmore James NERFINISHED
Muddy Waters NERFINISHED
Robert Nighthawk NERFINISHED
influencedGenre electric Chicago blues
urban blues
instrument guitar
vocals
movedTo Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
notableFor pioneering Chicago blues sound
single-string slide guitar style
notableWork It Hurts Me Too NERFINISHED
Love Her with a Feeling NERFINISHED
Tight Like That NERFINISHED
You Can’t Get That Stuff No More NERFINISHED
occupation blues guitarist
recording artist
singer
songwriter
pioneerOf hokum blues duet style
placeOfBirth Smithville, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
recordLabel Bluebird Records NERFINISHED
Vocalion Records NERFINISHED
style single-string slide guitar
usedInstrumentType National steel guitar

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Big Bill Broonzy associatedAct Tampa Red
Thomas A. Dorsey associatedAct Tampa Red
Elmore James influencedBy Tampa Red
Bluebird Records recordedArtist Tampa Red
Ma Rainey performedWith Tampa Red