Born:
July 5, 1913
DeQuincy, LA

Died:
October 7, 1966
New Orleans, LA

In this month's installment of offBeat's "Masters of Louisiana Music" Series, writer Jeff Hannusch tells the story of Overton Amos Lemons, better known as "Smiley Lewis." Although both Smiley and Fats Domino recorded with the same great New Orleans band, Fats found fame while Smiley languished in obscurity, his biggest hit "c...