Tampa Red

Aliases: Jimmy Eager and His Trio
Tampa Red and The Chicago Five
Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band
Real name: Hudson Whittaker
Born: January 8, 1904
Died: March 19, 1981
Country: United States
IPI: 00473970520 35 works
00473970814 1 work
Comments: Blues guitarist, vocalist, and prolific songwriter, who is perhaps the most influential of all the early 20th century blues artists.
Member of: The Hokum Boys [US1]

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Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
How Long How Long Blues	Tampa Red	1928	Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band	1928	Papa Charlie Jackson, Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1928	Papa Charlie Jackson Covered by (60 artists)
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	December 1929	Riley Puckett
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here	Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band - Vocal Chorus by Frankie Half Pint Jaxon	December 1929	Riley Puckett
My Daddy Rocks Me	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band	1929	Trixie Smith and The Jazz Masters
Prison Bound Blues	Tampa Red	1929	Leroy Carr
Corrine Corrina	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	February 1, 1930	Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
You Rascal You	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - Vocal Chorus Frankie Half Pint Jaxon	November 1, 1930	Lovin' Sam Down in 'Ram
Bumble Bee Blues	Tampa Red	May 1931	Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
New Strangers Blues	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1931	Sippie Wallace
Stop and Listen Blues	Tampa Red	1931	Mississippi Sheiks
Things 'Bout Coming My Way	Tampa Red	1931	Mississippi Sheiks, "Sam Hill" From Louisville
You Can't Get That Stuff No More	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1932	Sam Theard
Mean Mistreater Blues	Tampa Red	July 5, 1934	Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
Black Angel Blues	Tampa Red	1934	Lucille Bogan
Somebody's Been Using That Thing	Tampa Red	1934	Al Miller and His Market Street Boys
Nobody's Sweetheart Now	Tampa Red	1940	Isham Jones and His Orchestra
It Hurts Me Too	Tampa Red	1941	Tampa Red Covered by (108 artists)
Early in the Morning	Tampa Red	April 1951	Charlie Spand, Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]

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