Tampa Red

Tampa Red,
"Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937"
Yazoo 1039; Ordering Information

"This album offers a broad and enjoyable
representation of Tampa's contribution to blues."
- Living Blues

One of the most popular artists of the 20s, 30s and 40s, Tampa red was probably the all-time best-selling Georgia bluesman. He may well have been the most influential bottleneck stylist in blues. He perfected the single-string slide attack and smooth bottleneck tones mimicked by a number of Georgians and later post-war artists.


1. FRANKIE JAXON, It's Heated (1929) 2. TAMPA RED, You Got To Reap What You Sow (1929) 3. TAMPA RED, What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy? (1929) 4. MA RAINEY, Black Eye Blues (1928) 5. TAMPA RED, The Duck Yas Yas Yas (1929) 6. MADLYN DAVIS, It's Red Hot (1928) 7. GEORGIA TOME W/ TAMPA RED, If You Want Me To Love You	8. TAMPA RED, No Matter How She Done It (1932) 9. TAMPA RED, Through Train Blues (1928) 10. TAMPA RED, Seminole Blues (1937) 11. MADLYN DAVIS, Too Black Bad (1928) 12. TAMPA RED AND HIS HOKUM JUG BAND, Come On Mama, Do That dance (1929) 13. TAMPA RED, Denver Blues 14. LIL JOHNSON, House Rent Scuffle (1929)