[2] In 1948, at the age of 18, he moved to New Orleans and worked in various jobs, including porter at the New Southport Club, a casino in Jefferson Parish, at a hotel, a rice mill, and with a construction company.
[2][3][4][5] Green married later in 1955, left the Zydeco Ramblers, and moved to Opelousas, Louisiana, where he began playing with Lloyd Reynauld and writing his own songs.
[6] The follow-up, "My Home is a Prison" (later covered by Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters featuring Kim Wilson on vocal/harmonica) backed with "Lonesome Whistler", was more successful, and Sundown became one of Miller's south Louisiana stable of musicians.
He never had a chart hit, but he recorded for Miller for eight years, and his records sold in respectable quantities, his output including "Don't Say a Word" (featuring Lazy Lester on harmonica), "I'm a Mojo Man", "I Stood By (And Watched Another Man Steal My Gal)", "You Know I Love You", "Learn to Treat Me Better" (later covered by the Fabulous Thunderbirds), "My Home Ain't Here", and the much-covered "Gonna Stick to You Baby".
He also endured a difficult divorce around this time, retired from the music industry to work as a laborer, and joined the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith Fellowship Throughout the World Church, of which he eventually became a minister.
[6][7] Sundown played several concerts, including an appearance at the 1979 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and tours of Sweden and Japan with Phillip Walker, but then walked away from the music business for good.