Washington White

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Washington White, Bukka White (Booker T. Washington White, November 12, 1909 - February 26, 1977) was an American delta blues guitarist and singer. Performing in Memphis, White met Ralph Lembo, a white Mississippi furniture dealer who served as an agent for the Victor label, and he enthusiastically stepped into Victor's Memphis studio to record 14 sides in 1930. Several of them were gospel pieces; one, "I Am in the Heavenly Way," was billed as a "Sermon Sung for You by Washington White, 'The Singing Preacher,' with Guitars and Women Singers." With the Depression underway, Victor released only four of White's recordings. After wandering the country as a freight-train-riding hobo for a time, White returned to Mississippi and married again, settling near Aberdeen and performing occasionally with his wife's uncle, singer and harmonica player George "Bullet" Williams. Pitching for the Birmingham Black Cats of baseball's Negro Leagues, stepping into the ring as a boxer occasionally, and making moonshine liquor, he managed to eke out a living during extremely hard times. The world of Mississippi's honky tonks was a violent one, and White, claiming self-defense, shot a man after being ambushed by a group on a dark road. Sentenced to two years at Parchman Farm on assault charges, White traveled to Chicago to record two sides for the Vocalion label before beginning his sentence in the fall of 1937. According to legend, which surrounds White even more thickly than it does many othe

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Goodbye, Babylon

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Mississippi Moaners 1927-1942

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Goodbye, Babylon (Disc 3)

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Goodbye, Babylon, Vol. 3

Goodbye, Babylon CD 03 - Judgment

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Sacred Roots Of The Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)

Saga Blues: Aberdeen Mississippi Blues

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Goodbye, Babylon (Disc 3: Judgment)

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Goodbye, Babylon CD 3: Judgment

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Roll And Tumble Blues - CD1

American Primitive, Vol. I: Raw Pre-War Gospel

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American Primitive Vol. I: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-1936)

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