Well Jimmie certainly was the first white blues singer to break the 'color bar', by recording with slide guitarist Oscar Woods. Whether he had a but more understanding than his political co-horts, or (like Wallace) became "the best of a bad lot" for black voters, we'll probably never know.

But it reminds me of a story about when I was playing "The La Rue Exchange" in the French Quarter. Governor Edwin Edwards was running again and one of the black waiters told me "He always gets 'our' votes even though he really crooked. He makes sure we get SOME of the money"!

Rick