Words by Chris Dair
I met Bukka White when I was a very young guitarist. He was doing a tour with several other great jazz and blues players. I am pretty sure it was in Leek, Staffordshire.
As a musician it was the important things that stuck in my mind: who he was and what he was playing. Bukka White played with incredible right-hand technique, almost a double rhythm, while playing slide with the left hand on a Dobro.
Afterwards he was a true gent and said to me, “That’s some fine guitar!” Needless to say I never forgot that.