Booker “Bukka” White
November 12, 1909 – February 26, 1977
Bukka White was an influential Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He began making records in 1930, and about a decade later, he recorded for noted folklorist, Alan Lomax. During the mid ’60s, White enjoyed a career renaissance thanks, in part, to Bob Dylan who covered his “Fixin’ to Die Blues.” It was around that time that he also got a helping hand from John Fahey who “rediscovered” him just in time to take advantage of the folk and blues revival of the period. Bukka White was 70 years old when he died of cancer on February 26, 1977.
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