Tampa Red
USA
Born: 08 January 1904
Died: 19 March 1981
Genres: Blues
Styles: Slide Guitar Blues, Electric Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Early American Blues
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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 his heyday in the '20s and '30s, he was billed as "The Guitar Wizard," and his stunning slide work on steel National or electric guitar shows why he earned the title. His 30-year recording career produced hundreds of sides: hokum, pop, and jive, but...
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- Big Bill Broonzy (6)
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Influenced by
- Bessie Smith (18)
- Tommy Dorsey (4)
- Ma Rainey (1)
Followers
- Ray Charles (49)
- Sonny Boy Williamson (25)
- Charles Brown (18)
- Little Richard (15)
- Mose Allison (8)
- CeDell Davis (2)
- John Brim (2)
- Robert Nighthawk (2)
- Big Maceo (1)
- Big Maceo Merriweather (1)
- Ma Rainey (1)
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