Bukka White goes down in history as having hits both musically as a bluesman and as a pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He met and studied under Delta blues legend Charley Patton as a young man and later recorded tracks for Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, White relocated to Memphis, TN where he lived with - and mentored - younger cousin Ri...
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Bukka White in many ways is a Patron Saint of the Blues. He gave his cousin (**B.B. King**)his first guitar. He himself was a master of the bottleneck or slide guitar playing style. His work helped put the National Steel Guitar on the map.His recordings are difficult to definitively collect as he recorded under numerous pseudonyms. e
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Booker T. Washington White (aka Bukka White) was born on a farm near Houston, Mississippi on November 12,1909. When he was 9, his father John White bought him a guitar. His father was a railroad man and many of Bukka's best tunes emulate the driving rhythm of trains and their mournful whistles. After hearing Charley Patton, Young Booker decided that he too would be a "great man like Charley Pat...
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| 1 Aberdeen Mississippi Blues |
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| 2 Bukka's Jitterbug Swing |
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| 3 Parchman Farm Blues |
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| 4 Special Stream Line |
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| 5 Shake 'Em on Down |
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