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![]() White had his hard-traveled Duolian stripped and chromed after his October ’72 European tour. He was known as “Washington White, the Singing Preacher” on his 1930 Victor sides “Barrelhouse” in honor of his recording fame when his second session in ’37 yielded a hit (while he himself was imprisoned in Parchman Farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, for gunning down a man) “Big Daddy” to his white blues fans during the folk-blues revival thanks to his ’73 LP and “Bukka White” a transliteration of the first name that he reportedly never liked but became the best-known. And Hard Rock was a hard-traveled guitar – much like White himself.īooker Talifiero Washington White had many a nickname too, a testament to his years as a cotton picker, mule driver, hobo, Negro League shortstop/pitcher, boxer, preacher, chain-gang convict, factory laborer, and yes, musician. ![]() “Hard Rock.” That’s the name used by Mississippi blues man Booker White to christen his 1933 National Duolian. ![]() Booker White plays Hard Rock in 1968 when the Duolian retained its frosted Duco finish.
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