3:36Blue Fox performs "Poor Boy" by Bukka White
Bukka White
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American Delta & Country Blues guitarist and singer. Born : November 12, 1906* in Houston, Mississippi Died : February 26, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee * Not any date between 1902-1905 or 1907-1909, as is variously reported. Bukka is a phonetic spelling of White's first name; he was named after the African-American educator and civil rights activist Booker T. Washington (2). In 1990 he was posthum...
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