Bukka White - High Fever Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:42
Size: 127.5 MB
Styles: Acoustic delta blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
[2:58] 2. Shake 'em All Down
[3:02] 3. Promise True And Grand
[2:57] 4. The New Frisco Train
[2:47] 5. High Fever Blues
[2:49] 6. Strange Place Blues
[2:48] 7. Sleepy Man Blues
[2:54] 8. Black Train Blues
[2:19] 9. Good Gin Blues
[2:45] 10. Fixin To Die
[2:38] 11. District Attorney Blues
[2:52] 12. Special Streamline
[2:56] 13. Where Can I Change My Clothes
[2:49] 14. Po' Boy
[2:20] 15. Sic 'em Dogs On
[2:46] 16. Pinebluff Arkansas
[2:36] 17. Patchman Farm Blues
[3:02] 18. I Am In The Heavenly Way
[2:32] 19. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
[3:06] 20. The Panama Limited

Bukka White (true name: Booker T. Washington White) was born in Houston, Mississippi (not Houston, Texas) in 1906 (not any date between 1902-1905 or 1907-1909, as is variously reported). He got his initial start in music learning fiddle tunes from his father. Guitar instruction soon followed, but White's grandmother objected to anyone playing "that Devil music" in the household; nonetheless, his father eventually bought him a guitar. When Bukka White was 14 he spent some time with an uncle in Clarksdale, Mississippi and passed himself off as a 21-year-old, using his guitar playing as a way to attract women. Somewhere along the line, White came in contact with Delta blues legend Charley Patton, who no doubt was able to give Bukka White instruction on how to improve his skills in both areas of endeavor. In addition to music, White pursued careers in sport, playing in Negro Leagues baseball and, for a time, taking up boxing.

In 1930 Bukka White met furniture salesman Ralph Limbo, who was also a talent scout for Victor. White traveled to Memphis where he made his first recordings, singing a mixture of blues and gospel material under the name of Washington White. Victor only saw fit to release four of the 14 songs Bukka White recorded that day. As the Depression set in, opportunity to record didn't knock again for Bukka White until 1937, when Big Bill Broonzy asked him to come to Chicago and record for Lester Melrose. By this time, Bukka White had gotten into some trouble -- he later claimed he and a friend had been "ambushed" by a man along a highway, and White shot the man in the thigh in self defense. While awaiting trial, White jumped bail and headed for Chicago, making two sides before being apprehended and sent back to Mississippi to do a three-year stretch at Parchman Farm. While he was serving time, White's record "Shake 'Em on Down" became a hit. ~partial bio by Uncle Dave Lewis

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