«Saturday Night Blues» - Peetie Wheatstraw (The Devil's Son-In-Law)
Decca 7498. Peetie Wheatstraw, vocal; accomp. own piano; Lonnie Johnson, guitar; unknown, double bass New York City. Friday, 1 April 1938
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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