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Bukka White (1909-1977)

Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White, born November 12, 1909 near Houston, Mississippi, is the rude and bloodthirsty Delta Blues of the '30s.

Bukka White is part integral to the Blues, but not because he is the cousin of the famous BB King. Due to a premise that along with Charlie Patton and Robert Johnsson was the Delta Blues. Less guitar, voice and quite extraordinary, Bukka White had no doubt well-deserved acknowledgment, although he recovered in time, especially by critics, a certain prestige. In fact it was in the '30s that Bukka White began his recordings, giving in the great '37 'em on down Shake , "a classic of classics, then also made successful by Led Zeppelin.

In the early '40s, however, some accomplices years in prison, and the songs are not suited to the public (it was much sought after White, and wrote also the texts of social commitment, to emphasize the reality of prisons and the sufferings of people of color), had to stop playing. He found work in a lab, and stayed there for 20 years. In '63, during the rehabilitation process by whites of Europe and the Blues, John Fahey and Ed Denson showed up with a proposal by Bukka White: Restore old recordings, and belittling, by the practices of those years. Here Bukka White resumed his pieces and recorded them, perfected them and completed them.

Until '75 continues to affect, but when in '77, aged 71, died. However, remained with us 12 years of great and well recorded, with great songs such as "Parchman Farm Blues ", and a personal tribute to Charley Patton, his leadership in music, and the only source of inspiration for Bukka White.

( Text taken freely from livecity.it )