[7] His father met a violent end when he was hanged for allegedly killing a white man, and his mother died when he was aged 14.
By June the following year, his next tour added France and Germany to his list of European concert performance venues.
[7] It included ten tracks written by Strother, and a couple of cover versions of Magic Sam songs in "I'm Tore Down" and "Easy Baby."
Pat Hayes of the Lamont Cranston Band played guest harmonica on Strother's reworking of Little Walter's tune, "One Of These Mornings.
[7] One reviewer noted that it "has a set of terrific original songs which effectively showcase his raging, soulful roar and his blistering guitar".
[1] By this time, Strothers had become a local celebrity in Minneapolis,[8] as he and Lazy Bill Lucas amongst others had helped develop the blues scene in that area.