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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Tampa Red canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician ⓘ
person ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hudson Woodbridge ⓘ
The Guitar Wizard ⓘ
associatedWithCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
birthName Hudson Whittaker ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens South, Glenwood, Illinois, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
collaboratedWith Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Georgia Tom ⓘ
Memphis Minnie ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-01-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1981-03-19 ⓘ
genre Chicago blues ⓘ
blues ⓘ
hokum blues ⓘ
influenced B.B. King ⓘ
linked to: B. B. King

Chicago blues musicians ⓘ
Elmore James ⓘ
Muddy Waters ⓘ
Robert Nighthawk ⓘ
influencedGenre electric Chicago blues ⓘ
urban blues ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
movedTo Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
notableFor pioneering Chicago blues sound ⓘ
single-string slide guitar style ⓘ
notableWork It Hurts Me Too ⓘ
Love Her with a Feeling ⓘ
Tight Like That ⓘ
You Can’t Get That Stuff No More ⓘ
occupation blues guitarist ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
pioneerOf hokum blues duet style ⓘ
placeOfBirth Smithville, Georgia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Smithville, Georgia
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Bluebird Records ⓘ
Vocalion Records ⓘ
style single-string slide guitar ⓘ
usedInstrumentType National steel guitar ⓘ

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