George Henry Bussey Sail On
George Henry Bussey (1925 - 2020)
George was a woodworker, he lived near Waverly Hall, Georgia, about 15 miles from Geneva.
Bussey learned to play guitar at the age of 18, although he came from a very musical family he stated no one taught him, "I just went around to a lot of friends houses that had gramophones and listened to different records and catch the sound of 'em. Nobody taught me how to play, I just caught the sound myself, I listened to alot of Blind Boy Fuller's records, but I wouldn't try to play like he played it, I just played it my own way, just played it where i learn't the chords."
Until George MItchell met him in 1969, he hadn't played guitar in 12 years, "I Just got tired of fooling with it, Mine got busted up, wouldn't sound worth nothing so I just quit fooling with it." Bussey a quiet, reserved man was hesitant at first to record for George Mitchell but consented, some of the songs he recorded were with no practice! But after the first night of recording George Mitchell lent him a guitar and refused to play a song unil he had it just right from then on, Blues is a feeling Bussey said "Well sometimes you get the blues, get 'em on your mind, and you'll feel better when you sing about 'em and just let 'em go off and then you wont have to worry with 'em no more."