Smokey Joe Baugh's lyrics & chords

Born Joseph E. Baugh, 25 July 1932, Helena, Arkansas Died 19 November 1999, Monterey, California One of the more shadowy figures at Sun, Smokey Joe Baugh was around the Memphis music scene from an early stage. Born in Helena, AK, he embarked on a musical career in 1947 working as a pianist in Memphis and West Memphis. Around 1952 he joined the Shelby Follin Band, and for a few months he and bandmate Paul Burlison performed with Howlin' Wolf on radio KWEM in West Memphis, Arkansas. Subsequently he joined Clyde Leoppard's Snearly Ranch Boys, w...read more