Bukka White

Bukka White

Bukka White

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Shake'm On Down
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Columbus, Mississippi Blues
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World Boogie
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Army Blues
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Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues

Albums

  • Blues Heatwave - Bukka White's 1940s Summer Grooves

    Jun 2023 • 11 songs

  • Big Boat up the River

    Sep 2022 • 30 songs

  • Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues

    Dec 2021 • 14 songs

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Bukka White

Biography

Bukka White (true name: Booker T. Washington White) was born in Houston, Mississippi (not Houston, Texas) in 1906 (not any date between 1902-1905 or 1907-1909, as is variously reported). He got his initial start in music learning fiddle tunes from his father. Guitar instruction soon followed, but White's grandmother objected to anyone playing "that Devil music" in the household; nonetheless, his father eventually bought him a guitar. When Bukka White was 14 he spent some time with an uncle in Clarksdale, Mississippi and passed himself off as a 21-year-old, using his guitar pla...
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