thumb|right|Bukka White album cover Booker T. Washington White (November 12 1909 ? February 26 1977) was a delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" is not a nickname, but a misspelling of White's Christian name by his second (1937) record company (Vocalion). Born near Houston, Mississippi, he gave his cousin B.B. King, a Stella guitar, King's first guitar. Bukka himself is remembered as a player of National Steel guitar. He also played, but was less adept at, the piano. Biography White started his career playing the fiddle at square dances. He claims to have met Charlie Patton early on, although some doubt has been cast upon this;Stephen Calt claims, in his book about Skip James: I'd Rather Be the Devil, that White claimed to know Patton merely because Fahey was a fan of the long dead bluesman. regardless, Patton was a large influence on White. He typically played slide guitar, in an open tuning. He was