Parchman Farm Blues Bukka White
Parchman Farm Blues or When Can I Change My Clothes Bukka White Parchman Farm is Mississippi's oldest prison and is formally known as the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Parchman Farm was a plantation style farm/prison. Bukka White recorded a few songs before his time spent on the farm. He also recorded two songs while in prison for Alan Lomax and The Library of Congress. After serving his two years he went to record 12 more songs. He was another blues artist that was "rediscovered" in the sixties. This recording from his later work in the sixties.
About Bukka White
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 posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. [a37729] is White's first cousin, and he often credits...
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