[3] Morgan was born and raised in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, a neighborhood that was also home to Fats Domino, Jesse Hill and Smiley Lewis.

The recording session took place at Cosimo Matassa's studio in New Orleans with Eddie Bo at the piano.

[7] He also had a day job working as a custodian at City Hall and as the caretaker of the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum on Chartres Street.

Toussaint gave him full support providing 5 of the 10 songs and producing and playing on the album.

[9] Morgan's Lower Ninth Ward home was destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and he evacuated to Atlanta, Georgia with his wife where their children were living.