Tampa Red - You Missed A Good Man

whats "bluesier" mean? imo johnson's style just cant be touched by anyone, strengths and weaknesses aside. i love all these old country blues, but RJ just had it all.

Perhaps it was a poor choice of words--sorry. Bluesier in the sense that RJ had more of a folk-blues approach while, if you listen to Red, you'll hear phrasing, scales, stops (dynamics) that had more direct influence on the urban blues bands to follow (hence the use of the phrase "more sophisticated" as well). I agree that RJ was terrific but they are merely different, neither being better than the other. Remember, BB was influenced by LONNIE Johnson-not RJ and BB is the most influential of all.

They were different kinds of blues. Johnson was more Delta blues in his style, while Tampa added a lot of jazz, vaudeville/ standard style singing to his repertoire.

Tampa was considered black (not sure what else he may have had in him, but he would be considered black).

Yep, his singing & guitar were both great. he's definitely overlooked

Great!!!!!

Red or Redbone is an term African-Americans use to describe folks who are extremely light-skinned (black, white, sometimes native american ancestry) who in some cases are able to "pass" as white. America has a different view on who is considered black or white than the rest of the world because of our history of the "one drop" rule. Look it up, its very interesting

Bluesier and sophisticated are not words that a blues fan should use lol

he was red...

depends whos listening and who it effects. every musician has a certain soul mate listener.