Guitar Wizard

Tampa Red | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 10, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 10, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000028WK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,772 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Sources Of It All!, June 15, 2001

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tin2x "tin2x" (Staten Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Wizard (Audio CD)

This is a superb collection of Tampa Red. I don't have all his sides, and as a rule nearly every blues compilation is missing a track or two that someone considers essential, but this is an excellent sampling. You can hear some songs that were hits in the day and you can also hear the man's incredible guitar playing. He was a slide master! And if you're human you'll only want more after listening to this compilation...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, December 13, 2001

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Humberto (SoCal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Wizard (Audio CD)

This is a suberb collection from one of the most underrated early bluesman and would be a great primer for the uninitiated.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly a guitar wizard!, January 23, 2003

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Steven C. Barr (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Wizard (Audio CD)

As a blues musician, I often have to research the source of the songs I perform, particularly if I want to record them. I was surprised to see the name "Whitaker" show up again and again. I was vaguely familiar with "Tampa Red" (and have 78's by him) but
unaware that he had written many of the songs that have become blues standards. This CD offers a selection of many of his songs as he performed them for the first time, and also showcases his amazing slide guitar talent, proving that he invented not only standard blues songs but also standard slide riffs and licks.
I'd recommend this to blues lovers...and especially to blues musicians! All four dewclaws up, in my book...
Steven C. Barr
STEVEN C AND THE RED ROCKETS
STEVEN C AND HIS BLACK CAT BLUES BAND
(et al)
Oshawa, Ont'o.