Screamin' Jay is the ultimate Fez Meister as the following quotes from the page testify:
"He used various props, including a rubber snake, a skull on a stick, a smoke-box that had been built by an electrician at the Apollo Theatre, and a black satin cape. He was also booked to feature in Freed's 1957 movie, Mister Rock And Roll, but his appearance - in a loincloth, and with white shoe-polish on his face - ensured that this singular celluloid contribution would be consigned to the cutting-room floor. "
"To open his act, Screamin' Jay would be carried out onto the stage in a coffin that was in flames. This coffin was his key prop, but it was also a nuisance, particularly after the National Casket Co. forbid its retailers from selling, renting or lending a coffin to him for such irreverent uses. When "Alligator Wine'' also wandered briefly onto the charts, a rubber alligator motif was added to his act for a while."
"Jay had also enjoyed a very brief stint in Fats Domino's band, but was fired for upstaging Fats by wearing a gold and leopard-skin outfit and turban." WHAT A GUY!
Is Sam the Sham really the Kalif of Arkadash? You should see the Kalif when he has his beard.
