JOSH WHITE JR. PLAYED THE INAGURUAL WINTERFOK, 2003, and returned for several festivals in the years that followed, giving our early events a rare and powerful link to the roots of folk and blues. His performances brought history, heart, and authenticity to the Winterfolk stages at a time when we were still defining who we were.
He carried his father Josh White Sr.’s legacy in every note — the songs, the soul, and the stories behind the music. At one point he told me that the first people to hold him as a baby were Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, close family friends who were often around the house. He showed me a few of his dad’s guitar techniques, and he once shared the painful memory of seeing his father beaten in a racial attack when he was a boy. Those experiences shaped him, and you could hear the weight and truth of them in his music.
I was honoured to meet him, and he remains one of the most meaningful artists in Winterfolk’s history.
We remember him with deep respect and gratitude.
JOSH WHITE JR. PLAYED THE INAGURUAL WINTERFOK, 2003, and returned for several festivals in the years that followed, giving our early events a rare and powerful link to the roots of folk and blues. His performances brought history, heart, and authenticity to the Winterfolk stages at a time when we were still defining who we were.
He carried his father Josh White Sr.’s legacy in every note — the songs, the soul, and the stories behind the music. At one point he told me that the first people to hold him as a baby were Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, close family friends who were often around the house. He showed me a few of his dad’s guitar techniques, and he once shared the painful memory of seeing his father beaten in a racial attack when he was a boy. Those experiences shaped him, and you could hear the weight and truth of them in his music.
I was honoured to meet him, and he remains one of the most meaningful artists in Winterfolk’s history.
We remember him with deep respect and gratitude.
