he had a hit called 'The Funky Tramp,' a man making love to a gorilla

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T-Bone's exotic good looks had made him a babe magnet from an early age. By the time he was a teenager, he was an accomplished dancer, he did the splits while playing the banjo, and billed himself as 'the Cab Calloway of the South.' … Big Jim Wynn, impressed by his abilities as a dancer (and his ability to pick up tables with his teeth!) recruited T-Bone into the band. 'The people went mad.  He was a showman, and the white tail coats, the zoot suits, and the brilliantined process were a vital part of the mix. So too were the moves, by the time he got to his flash finale, where he would raise the guitar over his shoulders and fall into a slow split, the floor was covered with panties and money. … By the '70s T-Bone Walker was in a bad condition; drinking a bottle of gin a day. Gerard Herzhaft describes a 1970 gig in Paris: 'He staggered on stage and clowned around for a while, before being frogmarched off by Big Mama Thornton, who was equally drunk, but carrying it better.'