Did Bukka ever talk about his experiences at the prison? Or did he not want to talk about it at all?
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During those years [Chicago late 30s] there was also a blues singer by the name of Dr Clayton out of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was very popular and made a lot of records. Danny Boy was his favourite and he could really sing it, but he was more of a blues singer - Oh, Didn't He Ramble: The Life Story of Lee Collins as told to Mary Collins
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Did Bukka ever talk about his experiences at the prison? Or did he not want to talk about it at all?
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The book Tom Ashley, Sam McGee, Bukka White: Tennessee Traditional Singers (edited by Thomas G. Burton) might be useful. Below is a link to small parts of a chapter in it by David Evans and Jack Hurley.
https://books.google.com/books?id=4LW3luwB-k8C&q=prison#v=snippet&q=prison&f=false The Blind Dog Radio site ny Dave Lewis also have some lines describing Bukka White's prison experience. Like this:
Bukka White proved a model prisoner, popular with inmates and prison guards alike and earning the nickname "Barrelhouse." It was as "Washington Barrelhouse White" that White recorded two numbers for John and Alan Lomax at Parchman Farm in 1939. https://blinddogradio.blogspot.com/2015/07/blind-dogs-artists-bukka-white.html Pages: [1] Go Up
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