Blues Musician. He was born in Tylertown, Mississippi, to a family of musicians. The youngest of eleven children, Stovall became interested in music at a young age, first learning to play the guitar when he was eight years old. Using the deep Delta sound of legendary musician Tommy Johnson and the fingerpicking technique of Mississippi John Hurt, he soon began playing gigs at parties, frolics, and breakdowns. During the 1930s, Stovall moved to Franklinton, Louisiana, and took odds jobs including that of a farmhand to help pay the bills when he couldn't find music work. He later divided his time between Franklinton and his hometown of Tylertown for many years before finally moving to New Orleans in 1964. After arriving in New Orleans he worked as a street singer in the city's French Quarter. His act which featured crowd pleasing antics including that of his playing a National Steel guitar behind his head and shouting out song lyrics later led to his being signed to the Verve and Arcola record labels for whom he recorded the albums,"Babe Stovall", "The Babe Stovall Story", and "The Old Ace: Mississippi Blues & Religious Songs." He continued to work throughout the rest of the 1960s and into the 1970s, mainly as a recording artist, playing concerts on the blues college circuit, and a house gig for the famed Dream Castle Bar in New Orleans. Some of his recordings include, "Dirty Mistreater", "Worried Blues", "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", "How Long How Long Blues", "The Ship Is At The Landing", "Candy Man", "Boll Weevil", "Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind" and "Big Road Blues." Although he was considered a talented guitarist, not only because of his rough-edged voice, and hybrid picking style that went along with it, but he was also known for his legendary drinking exploits. This some believe is why he was the character inspiration for musician Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles." Babe Stovall passed away on September 21, 1974, three weeks before his 67th birthday.