The Life and Music of Booker "Bukka" White - Recalling the Blues

Booker ""Bukka"" White (1905-1977) was one of the most important blues musicians of the twentieth century. In this book, David W. Johnson traces the trajectory of White-s life from his early years in Mississippi, through his imprisonment in the notorious Mississippi State Penal Farm in the late 1930s, to making a new life for himself in Memphis, TN.