Booker White
Hey how about Booker White (aka Bukka)? There's a guy who wrote straight out of life like Bukowski, no worn out old lyrics and cliches there. And ditto for Furry Lewis on the humorous side. I have a mix tape where right after Buk reading "The Night I Killed Tommy" I put Furry Lewis's song about the roaches and bed bugs playing each other at baseball, and stealing his pillow and wallet. Over the years I've grown to like those two guys more than Robert Johnson even.
Oh man, it's been a lot of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sippie Wallace and Mississippi Fred Mcdowell, but lately I can't get some of those Amy Winehouse tunes out of my head....
Hey how about Booker White (aka Bukka)? There's a guy who wrote straight out of life like Bukowski, no worn out old lyrics and cliches there. And ditto for Furry Lewis on the humorous side. I have a mix tape where right after Buk reading "The Night I Killed Tommy" I put Furry Lewis's song about the roaches and bed bugs playing each other at baseball, and stealing his pillow and wallet. Over the years I've grown to like those two guys more than Robert Johnson even.