Tampa Red
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Hudson Whittaker, 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.
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1981 · aged 77
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