Tampa Red

Tampa Red
Born: Jan 8, 1904 in Smithville, GA
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Died: Mar 19, 1981 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Blues
Styles: Slide Guitar Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Early American Blues
Biography: Out of the dozens of fine slide guitarists who recorded blues, only a handful -- Elmore James, Muddy Waters, and Robert Johnson, for example -- left a clear imprint on tradition by creating a recognizable and widely imitated instrumental style. Tampa Red was another influential musical model. During ...Read full biography
Don't Tampa With The Blues
Released: 1961
Label: Fantasy Inc.
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The kazoo-toting bluesman wasn't as powerful a presence when he came back in 1960 to record this set in a solo setting as he was in his Bluebird heyday, but it's hard to resist these agreeable versions ...Read full review
Don't Jive Me
Released: 1961
Label: Fantasy Inc.
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More Tampa Red albums: Main Albums (5), Compilations (36)
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