Geeshie Wiley
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Geeshie Wiley (sometimes rendered as Geechie Wiley) was an American female blues singer and guitar player. There are no known photographs or images of her. She recorded with Elvie Thomas in the early 1930s. Wiley's biographical details are limited and the few details recalled in various sources are contradictory. The nickname "Geechie" or "Geechee" was most commonly given to people from around coastal South Carolina and Georgia, and is an alternate name for the Gullah ethnic group of that regio