Bukka White: Way Better Than Google

Last week I stumbled upon this UTTERLY AMAZING clip of Delta bluesman Bukka White playing guitar that blew me out of my freelance work cubicle (which upset h.r. quite a bit). White is, bar none, the greatest guitar player of all time -- sit down Jimmy Page, John McLaughlin, Chuck Berry, Joe Satriani, Jack White, whoever -- you are all Bukka's beyotches. According to Wiki, White recorded with folklorist John Lomax while serving time in prison (extra points for that), played with Charlie Patton, and even Dylan covered him. On this clip of "Aberdeen Blues" White plays this chunky two-handed rhythm and does this percussive cross-over trick slapping the neck of the guitar with his strumming hand (years before Eddie Van Halen) on a dobro that will send electric jolts through your spinal fluid and having to call the paramedics -- see for yourself here.