Peetie Wheatstraw
About Peetie Wheatstraw
American blues pianist, guitarist and singer (a.k.a. The Devil's Son In Law, The High Sheriff of Hellborn). Born: December 21, 1902 in Ripley, Tennessee, USA (or Cotton Plant, Arkansas, USA) Died: December 21, 1941 in East St. Louis, Illinois, USA (Car accident) Wheatstraw was a enjoying the crest of his success at the time of his premature death. The car he was sitting in hit a standing freight train on his 39th birthday. He was inducted into Blues Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Discography
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 25 March 1934 to 17 July 1935 (1994)
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 5: 26 March 1937 to 18 October 1938 (1994)
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 7: 4 April 1940 to 25 November 1941 (1994)
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1: 1930-1932 (1994)
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 6: 18 October 1938 to 4 April 1940 (1994)
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 3: 17 July 1935 to 19 February 1936 (1994)
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4: 20 February 1936 to 26 March 1937 (1994)
The Blues Collection: Peetie Wheatstraw, The Devil's Son-In-Law (1996)
The Last Straw (1999)
Blues Masters, Volume 17 (2012)
