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Tampa Red - Guitar Wizard: The Tampa Red Collection 1929-53 [CD]

Tampa Red - Guitar Wizard: The Tampa Red Collection 1929-53 [CD]

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Hudson Whittaker, better known as Tampa Red, was a hugely prolific and influential blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, an innovative slide guitarist and the first black musician to play a National steel-bodied guitar. Moving from Florida to Chicago in the 1920s, he started recording in 1928 with Thomas Dorsey, playing in a hokum style as well as blues, over the years incorporating a pop-oriented style with The Chicago Five. Playing electric guitar from the 1940s working with Big Maceo Merriweather, he influenced musicians like Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters and Elmore James, as his Chicago home became a centre for the blues community. This great-value 121-track 5-CD set comprises selected recordings from the 300 and more titles he released during this era on the Vocalion, Bluebird & RCA-Victor labels, as Tampa Red, Tampa Red & Georgia Tom, Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band and Tampa Red And The Chicago Five, referred to on many of his record labels as "The Guitar Wizard". It features his R&B Top 10 hits "It Hurts Me Too/When Things Go Wrong With You", "Pretty Baby Blues", "Let Me Play With Your Poodle", and "Detroit Blues", and many well-known songs that were precursors of rock 'n' roll. It features performances with Black Bob, Sonny Boy Williamson, Joe Williams, Big Maceo Merriweather, Blind John Davis, Ransom Knowling, Walter Horton, Sonny Boy Williamson II and others. It's a substantial overview of a key quarter-century of his career, and an entertaining showcase for one of the most significant personalities in the genre.

Tracklist:

  1. Selling That Stuff
  2. It's Tight Like That
  3. Train Time Blues
  4. Good Gordon Gin
  5. How Long, How Long Blues
  6. Uncle Bud
  7. Mess Katie Mess
  8. Voice Of The Blues
  9. What You Gonna Do
  10. Strange Woman Blues
  11. I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone
  12. You Better Tighten Up On It
  13. Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here
  14. Corinne Corinna
  15. That Stuff You Sell
  16. Worried Man Blues
  17. But They Got It Fixed Right On
  18. You Rascal You No. 1
  19. She Can Love So Good
  20. Bumble Bee Blues
  21. Black Hearted Blues
  22. Things 'Bout Coming My Way
  23. Georgia Hound Blues
  24. Down In The Spirit Blues
  25. Please Mister Blues
  26. Don't Leave Me Here
  27. No Matter How She Done It
  28. You Can't Get That Stuff No More
  29. Sugar Mama Blues #1
  30. Black Angel
  31. You've Got To Do Better
  32. I'll Kill Your Soul (And Dare Your Spirit To Move)
  33. Mean Mistreater Blues
  34. Somebody's Been Using That Thing
  35. You Don't Want Me Blues
  36. I Still Got California On My Mind
  37. Witching Hour Blues
  38. I'll Get A Break Someday
  39. Happy Jack
  40. Singing And Crying Blues
  41. If It Ain't That Gal Of Mine
  42. (Play Your Hand) Keep On Dealing
  43. Dark And Stormy Night
  44. Waiting Blues
  45. Let's Get Drunk And Truck
  46. I Wonder What's The Matter
  47. All Night Long
  48. That's The Way I Do
  49. You Stole My Heart
  50. Your One And Only
  51. If It Wasn't For You
  52. Cheatin' On Me
  53. I See You Can't Take It
  54. It's Hard To Believe It's True
  55. Harlem Swing
  56. I'm Gonna Get High
  57. Wrong Idea
  58. Seminole Blues
  59. Delta Woman Blues
  60. That May Get It Now
  61. We Gonna Get High Together
  62. A Lie In My Heart
  63. That Don't Matter Now
  64. Why Should I Care
  65. Sweetest Gal In Town
  66. When I Had A Good Woman (You Keep On Doggin' Me)
  67. Crazy With The Blues
  68. My Baby Said Yes
  69. Checking Up On You
  70. Mr Rhythm Man
  71. Forgive Me, Please
  72. She's Got The Best In Town
  73. You Say It's Love
  74. Poor Old Gal Blues
  75. Nobody Knows How Bad I Feel
  76. Booze Head Woman
  77. Sweet Mellow Woman Blues
  78. Ready For Rhythm
  79. I Got A Big Surprise For You
  80. I'm Betting On You
  81. Nobody's Sweetheart Now
  82. You Say We're Through
  83. What Am I Going To Do
  84. It Hurts Me Too
  85. Don't You Lie To Me
  86. She Loves Just Right
  87. Forget About Me
  88. No Baby No
  89. It's A Lowdown Shame
  90. So Far So Good
  91. Don't Jive It Mama
  92. Let Me Play With Your Poodle
  93. You Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
  94. The Woman I Love
  95. Detroit Blues
  96. Better Let My Gal Alone
  97. Crying Won't Help You
  98. I'll Be Up Again Some Day
  99. Please Be Careful
  100. Corrine Blues
  101. Let's Try It Again
  102. You Better Woo Your Baby
  103. I Know My Baby Loves Me
  104. Poor Stranger Blues
  105. When Things Go Wrong With You
  106. It's A Brand New Boogie
  107. I'll Find My Way
  108. It's Too Late Now
  109. 1950 Blues
  110. It's Good Like That
  111. Sweet Little Angel
  112. Midnight Boogie
  113. Early In The Morning ('Bout The Break Of Day)
  114. Pretty Baby Blues
  115. Boogie Woogie Woman
  116. She's A Cool Operator
  117. Look-A There, Look-A There
  118. All Mixed Up Over You
  119. I'll Never Let You Go
  120. So Crazy About You Baby
  121. If She Don't Come Back

UPC: 824046751722
Label: ACROBAT
Release Date: 6.3.22
Format: CD

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