Bukka White
August 10, 2007 12:53 AM Subscribe
Poor Boy Long Way From Home. Momma Don't Allow. Aberdeen, Mississippi (look at him beat that National). Special Streamline (one of my favorite songs set to a compilation of old films). Plus some John Fahey, who decided to write Booker "Bukka" White a letter once, bringing him to prominence in the 60s blues/folk world. It's a YT Bukka White fest! There's some previous going on here as well.
Thanks, sleepy! Bukka White totally rules over all mankind.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:08 AM on August 10, 2007
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:08 AM on August 10, 2007
Just for good measure, here's a mighty fine Fred McDowell clip.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:12 AM on August 10, 2007
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:12 AM on August 10, 2007
Some more--Jelly Roll Blues. I remember this documentary, including Furry Lewis, and everyone is drunk in it, but I can't remember the name of it. What is it? Also, Bukka figures predominately in the beginning of the horrible movie Life, just in case something sounds familiar as a hip hop/blues mix.
Nice Fred McDowell clip, flapjax! The concentration! That bowtie! That fricking amazing guitar!
posted by sleepy pete at 1:52 AM on August 10, 2007
Nice Fred McDowell clip, flapjax! The concentration! That bowtie! That fricking amazing guitar!
posted by sleepy pete at 1:52 AM on August 10, 2007
Wonderful. I remember hearing the rambling drone of White's "Parchman Farm Blues" on the CBS Story of the Blues 2xLP set for the first time as a teenager and being absolutely transfixed. Thanks for this!
posted by mykescipark at 3:02 AM on August 10, 2007
posted by mykescipark at 3:02 AM on August 10, 2007
Nothing like a little classic steel guitar to start your day - and from the great Bukka White! What a fabulous post. Still savoring the goodies within, but wanted to say thanks, sleepy pete!
posted by madamjujujive at 6:10 AM on August 10, 2007
posted by madamjujujive at 6:10 AM on August 10, 2007
I saw him at the American Friends Service Center here in Seattle a few weeks past exactly 40 years ago. And he was wearing that same Mexican cotton vest as on the cover of the DVD. At the time, I could barely understand a word he said in his between song patter even though I was sitting at his feet--his voice was so gravelly and his downhome Mississippi accent was so thick. But the guitar beating was quite impressive from that location. I got to see Fred MacDowell later that same summer and Son House a couple of years later--I was so lucky in all three cases.
Had I known my friend Bob West at that time, I could have hung out with him and Booker on Bob's houseboat then. That Furry Lewis, Bukka White and Friends
Party! At Home CD Bob has released is well worth a listen. And now, 40 years later, I can understand almost every word Booker says on it.
posted by y2karl at 11:16 AM on August 22, 2007
Had I known my friend Bob West at that time, I could have hung out with him and Booker on Bob's houseboat then. That Furry Lewis, Bukka White and Friends
Party! At Home CD Bob has released is well worth a listen. And now, 40 years later, I can understand almost every word Booker says on it.
posted by y2karl at 11:16 AM on August 22, 2007
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