Fact #170447
When:
Short story:
Mariposa Folk Festival in Centre Island, Orillia, Ontario, Canada, features Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys, Bukka White, Howlin' Wolf, Steve Gillette, Judy Roderick and others.
The second day of the Full article:
Bukka White's concert performances were almost as casual as his workshops.. He is a man who seems to love his music first and everything else second. Bukka plays a style of "Mississippi Delta Blues, " with guitar work accompanying the singer rather than a distinct melody line, and he goes out of his way to explain this. His favourite song is "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues," which he plays every time he gathers a group around him. On this piece he is quite a showman and the audience can't sit still. The louder they cheer him, the more he beams.
(Source : review by Renny Blocker, Connections magazine, University of Wisconsin)
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(Source : review by Renny Blocker, Connections magazine, University of Wisconsin)