An itinerant blues singer named smith who accompanied himself on the guitar while circulating throughout Texas during the 1920s and early '30s. And Between September 1930 and April 1935 he made phonograph records for Vocalion as a solo act and in the company of a few of his friends. Out of more than 50 sides involving Smith that were listed in the studio logs, more than half were never issued and have since disappeared and his career ended abruptly when he slew a man during an argument either about money owed or a woman regarded as his property. Sentenced to 25 years in the pen, he is said to have perished in his cell around 1940. or did he ... While other record labels have touched upon his legacy, who was Funny Papa/Funny Paper Smith ... john t smith the howling wolf .