[2] His stagecraft and performances with his wife and musical partner, Coot Grant, were popular with African American audiences in the 1910s, 1920s and early 1930s.
[2] The duo was variously billed as Grant and Wilson, Kid and Coot, and Hunter and Jenkins, as they appeared and later record with Fletcher Henderson, Mezz Mezzrow, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong.
[2] Wilson and Grant wrote more than 400 songs during their career,[6] including "Gimme a Pigfoot" (1933) and "Take Me for a Buggy Ride" (both of which were recorded by Bessie Smith) and "Find Me at the Greasy Spoon (If You Miss Me Here)" (1925)[7] and "Prince of Wails" for Fletcher Henderson.
Their own renditions included such diverse titles as "Come on Coot, Do That Thing" (1925), "Dem Socks Dat My Pappy Wore", and the unreleased "Throat Cutting Blues".
[2] In January 1953, one commentator noted that the couple had moved from New York City to Los Angeles and were in considerable financial hardship.