 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Maererano nomunyori wenhau dzeblues Gayle Jean Wardlow, Covington aibva mutaundi reArcadia riri kuchamhembe kweLouisiana. Covington, akaberekwa Benjamin Curry, angangodaro aiva Curry mumwe cheteyo uyo akanyorwa munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga; zuva rake rokuberekwa rakanyorwa saApril 19, 1890 muYalobusha County, Mississippi. Chero zvazvingava, Covington akatamira kuBirmingham, Alabama pakati pemakore ekuma1920, asi aiwanzoenda kuMississippi neChicago kuti aite pamakona emigwagwa. Big Joe Williams akayeuka Covington: akamurondedzera sebofu rekunyepedzera, nokudaro zita remadunhurirwa raCovington, nokuda kwokuedzesera kuva bofu kuti awane mari yakawanda achitamba mumigwagwa. Vaimbi vaviri vacho vakanga vachiri kuridza pamwe chete kusvikira muna 1933 paCentury of ProgressExpo muChicago. 