1928-1946

by Tampa Red

Overview

This early compilation of Tampa's work both as soloist and sideman covers a good 20-year period, from his early hokum recordings with Georgia Tom and his jug band to his later sides for Bluebird. Highlights include his liquid slide guitar work behind Jenny Pope on "Whiskey Drinkin' Blues" and when he accompanies the Gospel Camp Meeting Singers on "Hold to His Hand" and "Come and Go to That Land." Unfortunately, the set also suffers from excessively noisy transfers, making some of these rarities much harder to listen to than need be. Some tracks fare better than others, and the set gets better as it moves on chronologically, but you may have to a-b this with other collections to get better-sounding versions of these seminal sides. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	11/16/1999
Label:	Wolf
UPC:	0799582201225

Tracks

1. The Alley Crap Game
2. It's Tight Like That
3. Gold Tooth Papa
4. Whiskey Drinkin' Blues
5. Worried Devil Blues
6. She Loves Just Right
7. I'm Gonna Get High
8. Doggin' Me Around Blues
9. Down in Spirit Blues
10. How Long, How Long Blues

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tampa Red   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Yodeling
Big Maceo Merriweather   Guest Artist,Piano
Blind John Davis   Guest Artist,Piano
Jenny Pope   Guest Artist
Georgia Tom   Guest Artist,Vocals
Arnett Nelson   Clarinet
Alfred Elkins   Bass
Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey   Piano
Henry Scott   Piano
Carl Reid   Jug,Horn
Charlie Udsen   Trumpet
Willie B. James   Guitar
Martell Pettiford   Guitar
Bill Owsley   Sax (Tenor)
Bill O'Bryant   Piano
Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon   Vocals
Black Bob   Piano
Herman Brown   Kazoo

Technical Credits

Leroy Carr   Composer
Hudson Whittaker   Composer
Alex Munkas   Mixing
Georgia Tom   Composer
Hannes Folterbauer   Producer
Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey   Composer
Andrea Folterbauer   Layout Design