 Writer Cub Koda said that his aggressive licks anticipated those of Chuck Berry by several years.In the mid 1950s, he succeeded Willie Johnson as the regular guitarist in Howlin' Wolf's band, and appeared on many of Wolf's most successful recordings, before being in turn replaced by Hubert Sumlin.He also played on sessions by Jimmy Witherspoon, Big Walter Horton and others, and in Eddie Boyd's band.