Bukka White

Bukka White
Bukka White, University of Chicago Folk Festival, 1968
Background information
Birth nameBooker T. Washington White
BornNovember 12, 1906
between Aberdeen and Houston, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedFebruary 26, 1977 (aged 70)
Memphis, Tennessee
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years activeLate 1920s–1977
Labels

Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White (November 12, 1906 – 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.