Post by JamesP on Mar 20, 2015 11:12:30 GMT -5
Happy anniversary of your birth Tampa Red:
Following is from Larry Hoffman:
Larry Hoffman
Celebrating the birthday of Hudson Woodbridge, a.k.a. Hudson Whittaker, a.k.a. Tampa Red, born around this day ca. 1904, in Smithville, GA.
Tampa Red, known as "The Guitar Wizard," was a great and prolific songwriter, magnificent instrumentalist, and preeminent architect of the first Chicago "blues school.” He was the musical lynchpin to which post-war bluesmen like Muddy Waters flocked to learn the city and its musical trade. Tampa’s partner, the legendary “Georgia” Tom Dorsey, was a thoroughly schooled musician who later abandoned the blues for the church. He became known as Thomas A. Dorsey, “the father of modern gospel music,” who composed and published such religious classics as “Take My Hand Precious Lord” and “Peace In The Valley.” “Tight Like This,” on the other hand, was a most instant, secular classic, and became the anthem of "hokum," the urbanized good-timey ensemble style that updated the party music of the countrified jug band.
From wiki: “Tampa Red was one of the most prolific blues recording artists of his era. It has been estimated that he recorded 335 songs on 78 rpm records, with 251 recorded between 1928 and 1942, making him the blues artist with the most recordings during that period.”
Anna Lou Blues, penned by Tampa Red, became a staple of the blues repertory, subsequently recorded as Anna Lee by Robert Nighthawk, Earl Hooker, Elmore James, Buddy Guy and countless others.
Another blues standard with roots in Tampa’s playing was “Black Angel Blues,” originally recorded by Lucille Bogan in 1930. After Tampa’s recording in 1934, Robert Nighthawk recorded it as “Black Angel Blues” in 1949, predating Tampa’s re-recording of it one year later. Earl Hooker recorded it as “Sweet Angel” in 1953, and B.B. King waxed it as “Sweet Little Angel” in 1956 and again in 1964 and 1969 (and perhaps later!)
Following is from Larry Hoffman:
Larry Hoffman
Celebrating the birthday of Hudson Woodbridge, a.k.a. Hudson Whittaker, a.k.a. Tampa Red, born around this day ca. 1904, in Smithville, GA.
Tampa Red, known as "The Guitar Wizard," was a great and prolific songwriter, magnificent instrumentalist, and preeminent architect of the first Chicago "blues school.” He was the musical lynchpin to which post-war bluesmen like Muddy Waters flocked to learn the city and its musical trade. Tampa’s partner, the legendary “Georgia” Tom Dorsey, was a thoroughly schooled musician who later abandoned the blues for the church. He became known as Thomas A. Dorsey, “the father of modern gospel music,” who composed and published such religious classics as “Take My Hand Precious Lord” and “Peace In The Valley.” “Tight Like This,” on the other hand, was a most instant, secular classic, and became the anthem of "hokum," the urbanized good-timey ensemble style that updated the party music of the countrified jug band.
From wiki: “Tampa Red was one of the most prolific blues recording artists of his era. It has been estimated that he recorded 335 songs on 78 rpm records, with 251 recorded between 1928 and 1942, making him the blues artist with the most recordings during that period.”
Anna Lou Blues, penned by Tampa Red, became a staple of the blues repertory, subsequently recorded as Anna Lee by Robert Nighthawk, Earl Hooker, Elmore James, Buddy Guy and countless others.
Another blues standard with roots in Tampa’s playing was “Black Angel Blues,” originally recorded by Lucille Bogan in 1930. After Tampa’s recording in 1934, Robert Nighthawk recorded it as “Black Angel Blues” in 1949, predating Tampa’s re-recording of it one year later. Earl Hooker recorded it as “Sweet Angel” in 1953, and B.B. King waxed it as “Sweet Little Angel” in 1956 and again in 1964 and 1969 (and perhaps later!)