[4] According to Stricklin himself, the famed jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines was a major inspiration for his music style.
[7] During the Great Depression, Stricklin left school and joined KFJZ radio station as an assistant program director in 1930.
[10] Soon after they moved to Island Grove, Texas, where Stricklin was employed as an elementary school teacher and principal.
[12] Following the U.S. entry of the World War II, Stricklin left Texas Playboys and worked under a defense contractor called North American Aircraft.
He made his last public performance on April 12, 1986 at the Fort Worth Stockyards' White Elephant Saloon.
[17] On October 15 of 1986, Stricklin died of cancer in Fireside Lodge Nursing Center Cleburne, Texas.
[19] Joseph Dulle dedicated a piano played by him to the White Elephant in Fort Worth exhibit.