From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Tue Jan 8, 2002  1:16 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Tampa Red
 
TAMPA RED (By Dave Penny)

Born Hudson Woodbridge, 8 January 1903 or 1904, Smithville, Georgia
Died 19 March 1981, Chicago, Illinois.

Vocalist/guitarist/kazoo/composer.
Although born in Georgia, he was brought up in Tampa, Florida, by his
grandparents and it was there that he took up the guitar. Tampa eventually
settled in Chicago, making his first recordings in 1928 and recording
extensively until his retirement in 1953 - although he did resurface briefly
in 1960. Responsible for blues classics such as "Crying Won't Help You", "It
Hurts Me Too", "Don't You Lie To Me" and "Pretty Baby Blues" (a #7 Billboard
R&B hit in 1951) and hokum standards like "It's Tight Like That" and "Let Me
Play With Your Poodle" (#4 in 1942/43), his work influenced countless
performers from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was inducted into the Blues
Foundation's Hall Of Fame in 1981 shortly before his death. His Complete
recorded works from 1928 to 1953 are available on 15 CDs from Document
Records.
More information can be found at http://www.blueflamecafe.com/default.htm