3:36Gangster's Blues (Peetie Wheatstraw Cover)
Peetie Wheatstraw
Rare rehearsal footage of Peetie Wheatstraw, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
Rehearsal footage captures music in its rawest form — before the performance is polished, before the audience arrives, before anyone is watching. These clips often reveal how arrangements evolved, how musicians communicated, and how the versions we know were shaped through trial and error. Some of the most fascinating footage in the archive is of bands working through songs that would become classics.
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...
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