Audio Cassette review:
Bukka White - The Complete Bukka White

Bukka White - The Complete Bukka White

Band: Bukka White Title: The Complete Bukka White Rating: Release Date: 10 May, 1994 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Pinebluff, Arkansas 2: Shake 'Em on Down 3: Black Train Blues 4: Strange Place Blues 5: When Can I Change My Clothes? 6: Sleepy Man Blues 7: Parchman Farm Blues 8: Good Gin Blues 9: High Fever Blues 10: District Attorney Blues 11: Fixin' to Die Blues 12: Aberdeen Mississippi Blues 13: Bukka's Jitterbug Swing 14: Special Streamline

Editoral Review Among his subjects: trains, booze, sex, prison, and death. Using the simplest melodies as his canvas, Delta bluesman Bukka White painted vivid pictures of his own life in the rural South, punctuating his words with a highly percussive steel-guitar attack. After shooting an old Mississippi rival during a roadside showdown, White had allegedly jumped bail to record his first two songs in 1937. The bawdy "Shake 'Em On Down" was a hit, but White spent two years in prison for his indiscretion. When White returned to Chicago in 1940 to record again, producer Lester Melrose rejected his roster of cover tunes, giving him two days to come up with his own material. Under the gun, White created the 10 autobiographical gems that round out this collection. --Marc Greilsamer .. You can see a complete list of all Bukka White discography, or go back to the Bukka White tabs