Peetie Wheatstraw
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William Bunch, known as Peetie Wheatstraw, was an American musician, an influential figure among 1930s blues singers.
The only known photograph of Wheatstraw, c. 1930s
Ripley, Tennessee
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Ripley is a city in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ripley had a population of 7,800. It is the county seat of Lauderdale County.
Peetie Wheatstraw
…December 21, 1941), known as Peetie Wheatstraw, was an American musician, an influential figure among 1930s blues singers. William Bunch was born in Ripley, Tennessee, in 1902, the son of James Bunch and Mary (Burns) Bunch. There is some speculation Wheatstraw may have been born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, where he…
City Square in Ripley, September 2013