[2] He became one of the best-known blues musicians in Baton Rouge with his band, the Mellow, Mellow Men, but briefly retired from performing in the late 1960s to set up his own record label, Blue Beat, which released his recordings and those of other local musicians.
[3] In 1978, with other members of his family, including his son Chris Thomas King,[5] he reopened a rundown building on North Boulevard.
[2] In 1986, his single "Bad Luck and Trouble" backed with "I Can't Hold Out", released on the Maison de Soul record label, was nominated for a W.C.
He later hosted the radio show Tabby's Blues Box on the Baton Rouge stations WBRH-FM and KBRH-AM.
He died in the early hours of January 1, 2014,[2] and was interred at Port Hudson National Cemetery.