Bukka White
- MatchBukka White
- 100%Furry Lewis
- 97%Skip James
- 96%Big Joe Williams
- 96%Son House
- 85%Mississippi John Hurt
- 83%Charley Patton
- 73%Blind Willie McTell
- 73%Fred McDowell
- 73%Mississippi Fred McDowell
- 69%Memphis Minnie
Biography
Booker T. Washington White, 12 November 1906, Houston, Mississippi, USA, d. 26 February 1977, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. White learned guitar and piano in his teens, and hoboed from 1921, playing blues with artists such as George Bullet Williams. In the mid-30s White was a boxer and baseball pitcher. He recorded for Victor Records in 1930, a largely unissued session including spirituals and the first of his breakneck train imitations. Returning to Vocalion Records in 1937, he recorded... Read more