Bukka White
USA
Born: 12 November 1909
Died: 26 February 1977
Genres: Blues
Styles: Country Blues, Delta Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Pre-War Gospel Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Electric Blues, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Early American Blues, Pre-War Blues
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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 ...
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