WHITTAKER (née WOODBRIDGE), HUDSON (TAMPA RED
). Bluesman ( in Smithville, Georgia; in Chicago, Illinois). He spent his childhood in Tampa, Florida. During the mid-1920s he went to Chicago, where he recorded with
Gertrude (Ma
) Rainey
and teamed with
(Georgia Tom
) Thomas A. Dorsey
to write songs and perform with their groups, variously called The Hokum Boys, The Hokum Trio, and the Hokum Jug Band. They received wide recognition in 1928 for their song...
WHITTAKER, HUDSON
(1900–1981)> BLUESMAN