Real name: William Bunch

Effective period / Period of releases: 1933 - 1996

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 St Louis, Missouri, 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.