Seminal blues genius Lilly Mae Geeshie Geetchie Wiley, nee Scotts, lived here. See the wonderful Please Don't Bury My Soul by John Jeremiah Sullivan in the New York Times Magazine, 4/13/14, starting at p. 24. The article says this is where she must have written or at least worked on 'Last Kind Words Blues.'
Publication date | Jun 24, 2018 |
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Seminal blues genius Lilly Mae Geeshie Geetchie Wiley, nee Scotts, lived here. See the wonderful Please Don't Bury My Soul by John Jeremiah Sullivan in the New York Times Magazine, 4/13/14, starting at p. 24. The article says this is where she must have written or at least worked on 'Last Kind Words Blues.'