Bukka White

Bukka White
Photo of Bukka White performing with his National steel-bodied guitar, at the University of Chicago Folk Festival, 1968.
Bukka White, University of Chicago Folk Festival, 1968
Background information
Birth nameBooker T. Washington White
BornNovember 12, 1906[1]
between Aberdeen and Houston, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedFebruary 26, 1977 (aged 70[1])
Memphis, Tennessee
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years activeLate 1920s–1977
Labels

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.

  1. ^ a b c "Bukka White, Musician born". Aaregistry.org.

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