Babe Stovall

[2] Stovall was born in Tylertown, Mississippi, United States, in 1907,[1] the youngest of eleven children (thus his nickname "Babe").

[2] Stovall frequently took young white musicians under his wing as apprentice performers, teaching them traditional country blues songs and guitar techniques.

He variously played his guitar at the back of his neck, and hollered his song lyrics loudly for all in the vicinity to hear.

His later work with Bob West resulted in The Old Ace: Mississippi Blues & Religious Songs, which was released on Arcola (2003).

[2] Stovall played on the college circuit, in addition to being the regular musician at the Dream Palace Bar on Frenchman Street,[2] and The Quarum club in New Orleans.

Poet Hedwig Gorski with Babe Stovall on a 1973 trip to rural Mississippi. Stovall was arrested for carrying a fifth of whiskey in his back pocket, while jamming at the home of blues guitarist Roosevelt Holts, who lived in a dry county .