During a performance at Bimbo's with guest singer Sophie B. She finds that cheating b.d with some bimbo in his hands,but she couldn't. Ball and chain is slang for to cheat on a small scale, which then begins to escalate until it becomes out. The clear presence here of elements of both B-pictures and old time radio. He was preceased by his wife, Stellla Brown Whetsel, in 1966; one sister, Hannah Mae.