Bukka White Musical artist

Booker T. Washington White (November 12, 1909 – February 26, 1977), better known as Bukka White, was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" was not a nickname, but a phonetic misspelling of White's given name Booker, by his second (1937) record label .

Personal facts

Bukka White
Alias (AKA)White Bukka
Birth dateNovember 12, 1909
Birth place
Mississippi , Aberdeen Mississippi , Houston Mississippi , United States
Date of deathFebruary 26, 1977
Place of death
Memphis Tennessee , United States

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Musical artist

Career started1920
Career ended1977
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Country blues
Delta blues
instrument
Fiddle
Piano
Steel guitar
Singing

Bukka White on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/musicians/bukka-white.html
  2. http://www.wirz.de/music/whitebuk.htm