
Tampa Red, the Guitar Wizard, is best known as an accomplished and influential blues guitarist who had a unique single-string slide style. His song writing and his silky, polished bottleneck technique influenced other leading Chicago blues guitarists. In a career spanning over 30 years he also recorded pop, R&B and hokum songs. "Boogie Woogie Dance" was first recorded and released in 1931. It is a showcase instrumental played in the Open D tuning.