There is the James Brown-inspired "Drop the Bomb!" and a tribute to the Ventures called "Profidia." There's a nod to the sanctified realm of gospel on Smiley Lewis' "That Certain Door," and both "Oh Sweetness" and Pretty Girls Everywhere" are evocative of the music Snooks created during his association with Professor Longhair. (Snooks abruptly exited an upstate New York recording session with 'Fess during the '70s because the sound of snow falling kept the blind guitarist awake all night.)

Snooks' musical career has been likewise eclectic. He was the lead guitarist in 16-year-old Allen Toussaint's first band, The Flamingoes. In 1958, he was recorded by folklorists Harry Oster and Richard Allen under the direction of the eminent band leader Dave Bartholomew. Snooks recorded ten singles for Lewis Chudd's Imperial Records from 1960-61. Then, in 1974, he was the featured guitarist on the Wild Magnolias' debut album of revisionist Mardi Gras Indian songs. For more than three decades, Snooks had been one of the Crescent City's most popular entertainers. In a town dominated by awesome pianists, he was the ruling guitarist.

Snooks' accompanists on Baby, You Can Get Your Gun included Joe "Smokey" Johnson and bassist Erving Charles, Jr., otherwise known as the rhythm section of Fats Domino's orchestra; David Lastie, who supplied the sax breaks on his uncle Jessie Hill's 1960 hit "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" (and is part of a notable Ninth Ward musical family); Ron Levy, who spent seven years at the piano and the Hammond B-3 in B.B. King's touring combo and has recently been featured with Roomful of Blues, and Levy's long-time close friend Ronnie Earl, whose guitar propelled Roomful of Blues and a notable solo career.

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