an extravagant funeral for their son. She said that her son "left like he lived—in a lively manner." It was worked into a verse in the song that says, "In his Cadillac to heaven he was waving that banner; He left like he lived, in a lively manner." "Willie the Wimp" Bill Carter first released the song as "Willy The Wimp (And His Cadillac Coffin)" on his 1985 album, Stompin' Grounds Jimmie Vaughan played lead guitar on Carter's album, and his brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan, released his version, titled: "Willie the Wimp" on his Live Alive album in July 1986. The blues-rock standard begins: "Willie the Wimp was buried today, They laid him to rest in a special way" which leads into a full description of the decadence that was Willie the Wimp's funeral. The song mentions "the casketmobile, Willie the Wimp's red suit, the money between his fingers, [and] the headlights" – into the catchy refrain, "Talkin' 'bout Willie the Wimp in his Cadillac coffin." Stevie Ray Vaughan performed the song live in concert at the Midtfyns Festival in Denmark in 1988. Ambush and death Notwithstanding the $200,000 anniversary bash Flukey arranged for his wife, nor the wedding vows they renewed on that occasion, he was with a mistress the day he was murdered. Stokes was killed by two men who lay in wait for him as he stopped to drop off his girlfriend, Diane Miller, outside her residence on 79th Street and S. Ellis Avenue. On November 19, 1986, at 12:38 a.m., a gunman armed with a 12-gauge pump shotgun, pointed at the windshield and shot out the glass. He then proceeded to fire off more shells through the vehicle's passenger side. Stokes died from gunshot wounds in his mouth and upper chest. His driver, Ronald Johnson, was killed by a second gunman; firing a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. The woman ducked the assailant's line of fire sprawling the back seat and survived the attack; uninjured. Stokes was described, by authorities, as: "the richest and most flamboyant drug dealer on [Chicago's] South Side"; further stating that "[he] was known to win or lose as much as $250,000 over a single weekend in Las Vegas" – and that he "seldom missed a night at local race tracks". Although Stokes owned a local pool hall, law enforcement officials stated that Stokes was officially listed as "unemployed"; and that he declared gambling