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Geeshie Wiley

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African-American woman musician

United StatesMusiciansLived 1908 to 1950 · aged 41
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Geeshie Wiley was an American country blues singer and guitar player who recorded six songs for Paramount Records, issued on three records in April 1930. According to the blues historian Don Kent, Wiley "may well have been the rural South's greatest female blues singer and musician".

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Geeshie Wiley was an American country blues singer and guitar player who recorded six songs for Paramount Records, issued on three records in April 1930. According to the blues historian Don Kent, Wiley "may well have been the rural South's greatest female blues singer and musician". Little is known of her life, and there are no known photographs of her. She may have been born Lillie Mae Boone, later Lillie Mae Scott.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1950 · aged 41
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7 languages

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