Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White was a delta blues guitarist and singer born near Houston, Mississippi. Even though he didn't like the spelling "Bukka", he was best known by that name. He gave his more famous cousin B.B. King his first guitar, a Stella. Bukka himself is remembered as a player of National Steel guitars. He also played, but was less adept at, the piano. Wikipedia
This early blues musician, Bukka White, may not have sold as many records, but his music endures to this day. www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/m...
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When Bukka White was 14 he spent some time with an uncle in Clarksdale, Mississippi and passed himself off as a 21-year-old, using his guitar playing as a way to attract women. ... By this time, Bukka White had gotten into some trouble -- he later clai www.legacyrecordings.com/Bukka-White/Biography.aspx
