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Geeshie Wiley (sometimes rendered as Geechie Wiley) was an obscure female United States blues singer and guitar player. She recorded three disc records in the early 1930s; almost nothing else is known about her.

She played a Gibson guitar.

 

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Oh that is so cool! I grew up listening to my parents' old 78 records. They were just as scratchy! The problem with those old 78's is if your record player was in the basement and you dropped them on a cement floor, that was the end of that. I had Bill Munroe, Tennessee Ernie Ford and a bunch of others.

 

Thanks for the links, Subu!

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A friend of my father had a large collection of "race" 78 rpm records which I discovered as a kid and just fell in love with Bessie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Charlie Patton, Willie Brown, Curley Weaver, Son House, Big Maceo, Tommy Johnson and a host of others. Spent months recording everything he had on a Roberts reel to reel. Still have the tapes somewhere although the recorder has long since given up the ghost.

 

My band covered Geeshie's "Last Kind Word Blues" back in the 1960s. While certainly not as pupular as say Memphis Minnie, Geeshie was known to blues freaks and folkies. Other than that, most folks have never heard of her. But then again, I always wondered why guys like Black Ace are not household names.

 

But really good stuff.

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