CULTURETECHLENSTampa Red
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Combined Graph record U-01790 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0362. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Slide guitar; Bluebird Records
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Slide guitar; Bluebird Records
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- Also known as: Hudson Whittaker
- Role(s): guitarist
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- http://bluesoterica.com/blues-hall-of-fame-biographies (verification source · master store)
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Guitarist Tampa Red, born Hudson Woodbridge and recording under his legal name Hudson Whittaker; 'The Guitar Wizard,' famed for the mellow beauty of his bottleneck slide guitar sound; added his band, the Chicago Five, for many pop-styled Bluebird sessions; born January 8, 1904 (the date on his headstone and in his state medical records, per the source); died March 19, 1981 (Blues Foundation Hall of Fame biography text).
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