Tampa Red was the performing name of Hudson Woodbridge (aka Whittaker), who was born on Jan 8th 1904. http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/tampa-red/ Red was at the centre of Chicago's 'Blues mafia',an innovative slide guitarist, a bandleader in his own right and he wrote some timeless Blues classics, mostly made famous by other people. | All About Blues Music

8.2K views · 321 reactions | Hudson Whittaker, better known by his stage name Tampa Red, was an American Chicago blues musician. His distinctive single-string slide guitar style, songwriting and bottleneck technique influenced other Chicago blues guitarists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk, Muddy Waters, and Elmore James | Mojohand | Facebook

“Instead of all that finger doublin’ and crossin’, I got me a bottleneck … I used two, three, maybe four strings sometime. It’s got a Hawaiian effect. I couldn’t play as many strings as a fella playin’ a regular Hawaiian guitar, but I got the same effect. I was the champ of that style with the bottleneck on my finger.” Tampa Red #SuperBluesTV #Thanks #TampaRed #slideguitar #cool #singer #art #usa #reels #bluesmusic #guitar #new #HDImages #classic #blackandwhitephotography #DeltaBlues | Super Blu