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| Hudson Whittaker |
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| 類別：其他 |
| 國別：United States of America 美利堅合眾國 |
| 所屬時期：The 20th Century -- Second Half 二十世紀 -- 後半 |
| 資料提供者：Photo credit - English department of FJU |
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Tempa_Red
Chicago
Blues
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| (Hudson
Whittaker) |
| Born
Jan 8 , 1904 in Smithville, GA |
| Died
Mar 19, 1981 in Chicago, IL |
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Hudson
Whittaker, or Woodbridge, was born sometime in 1904, in Smithville,
Georgia.
He got hisnickname, Tampa Red, because of his red hair, and the fact
that
he lived in Tampa, Florida. He learned slide guitar, before he moved to
Chicago in the mid-1920's, where he played Hokum, in his duet with
Georgia
Tom Dorsey. Tampa helped bridge the gap between country and Urban
blues,
and he continued to play guitar into the 1940's and 1950's, while
fighting
his alchoholic tendencies . He died in 1981.
Quote
from The
Blues
Site in Geocities.
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