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Photograph of slide guitarist "Tampa Red" Whittaker, who was born in Smithville, Georgia, was raised in Tampa, Florida, and became one of the most prominent blues musicians in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1930s and 1940s. Seated before a microphone, he holds a guitar and looks downward. He wears a suit and bow tie.Whittaker made several successful recordings with "Georgia Tom" Dorsey, a blues pianist and fellow Georgia native.
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