Introduction

Lula May Hardaway thought Calvin Judkins was a good man when he took her in with her infant son whose father had left before the boy was born. But she soon discovered that he wasn't interested in being saved, and instead he was interested in hurting her. He became physically and financially abusive, and started pimping her out. Little Steve Lynn was put in an incubator with an oxygen mask, which saved the tiny child's life, but destroyed his sight,. giving him a condition called retinopathy of promaturity. Soon he formed a duo with a neighbourhood friend, John Glover, who could play guitar while Stevie sang and played harmonica and bongos.