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He was born Hudson Woodbridge in Smithville, Georgia, United States. His parents died when he was a child, and he moved to Tampa, Florida, where he was raised by his aunt and grandmother and adopted their surname, Whittaker. He emulated his older brother, Eddie, who played guitar, and he was especially inspired by an old street musician called Piccolo Pete, who first taught him to play blues licks on a guitar.
In the 1920s, having already perfected his slide technique, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, and began his career as a musician, adopting the name 'Tampa Red' from his childhood home and light colored skin. His big break was being hired to accompany Ma Rainey and he began recording in 1928 with "It's Tight Like That", in a bawdy and humorous style that became known as "hokum". Early recordings were mostly collaborations with Thomas A. Dorsey, known at the time as Georgia Tom. Tampa Red and Georgia Tom recorded almost 90 sides, sometimes as "The Hokum Boys" or, with Frankie Jaxon, as "Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band".

1   Grievin' And Worryin' Blues 3:02 
2   Witchin' Hour Blues 3:10 
3   Kingfish Blues 3:06 
4   You Missed A Good Man 3:32 
5   When The One You Love Is Gone 3:06 
6   Deceitful Friend Blues 2:59 
7   Delta Woman Blues 3:05 
8   Travel On 2:22 
9   Love With A Feeling 2:55 
10   Why Should I Care? 3:23 
11   Got To Leave My Woman 3:16 
12   Bessemer Blues 2:45 
13   It Hurts Me Too 2:30 
14   Anna Lou Blues 2:51 
15   Hard Road Blues 2:55 
16   It's A Low Down Shame 2:54 
17   So Far, So Good 2:41 
18   She's Love Crazy

Label:  Orbis ‎– BLU NC 051
Series:  The Blues Collection – 51
Format:  CD, Compilation, Remastered 
Country:  UK
Released:  1996
Genre:  Blues

Recording places and dates: 
#1: Chicago - June 14, 1934 
#2: Chicago - October 27, 1934 
#3: Chicago - March 22, 1934 
#4: Chicago - November 1, 1935 
#5: Aurora - May 4, 1937 
#6-8: Aurora - October 11, 1937 
#9: Aurora - June 16, 1938 
#10,11: Aurora - March 14, 1938 
#12: Chicago - May 15, 1939 
#13,14: Chicago - May 10, 1940 
#15: Chicago - November 17, 1940 
#16-18: Chicago - June 24, 1941

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