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![]() Bukka White, University of Chicago Folk Festival, 1968 | |
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Birth name | Booker T. Washington White |
Born | November 12, 1906[1] between Aberdeen and Houston, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | February 26, 1977 (aged 70[1]) Memphis, Tennessee |
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Years active | Late 1920s–1977 |
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Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White (November 12, 1906[1] – February 26, 1977) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. His first full-length biography, The Life and Music of Booker "Bukka" White: Recalling the Blues (2024), has been published by the University Press of Mississippi.