Bukka White

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This newly remastered CD release includes Bukka White’s seminal recordings. It contains fi ve different sessions cut by the blues giant between May 1930 and March 1940. These sensational recordings are a treasure of incalculable value, which would form the basis of Bukka White’s legend and secure his reputation as one of the greatest blues fi gures of that classic era.

PERSONNEL:

BOOKER "BUKKA" WHITE, vocals and guitar, with:

Washboard Sam (washboard)
Napoleon Hairiston (additional vocals and guitar),
Miss Minnie (vocals on tracks 12 & 16).

Recorded in Memphis, Parchman Farm (Mississippi), and Chicago, between 1930 and 1940.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 Strange Place Blues
02 Shake ‘Em on Down
03 Fixin’ to Die Blues
04 District Attorney Blues
05 The New Frisco Train
06 Sleepy Man Blues
07 Bukka’s Jitterbug Swing
08 High Fever Blues
09 Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
10 The Panama Limited
11 Pinebluff, Arkansas
12 The Promise True and Grand
13 Black Train Blues
14 When Can I Change My Clothes?
15 Good Gin Blues
16 I Am in the Heavenly Way
17 Po’ Boy
18 Sic ‘Em Dogs On
19 Special Stream Line
20 Parchman Farm Blues

TOTAL TIME: 56:25