Life long friend of Count Basie, who owned several jazz establishments. Owned a drugstore called the "Rendezvous" at 26th & Troost in Kansas City, Missouri, where he circumvented the law during prohibition by selling liquor for "medicinal purposes." When the Volstead act was repealed in December 1933, Morris became a saloon keeper. Owned the Hey Hay Club, located at 4th and Cherry in Kansas City, Missouri. Customers sat on bales of hay in what was once a hay and feed barn, to hear performers such as Count Basie, Jo Jones, Lester Young and Ben Webster, performing on a stage fashioned from a converted hay wagon. Morris later opened "Milton's" at Armour & Troost in Kansas City, Missouri. Pee Wee Hunt paid tribute to the club's popularity with his Capitol recording of "Meet Me at Milton's." About 1951, opened Milton's Tap Room at 3241 Main in Kansas City, Missouri. Ran for Governor of Missouri unsuccessfully several times.
Life long friend of Count Basie, who owned several jazz establishments. Owned a drugstore called the "Rendezvous" at 26th & Troost in Kansas City, Missouri, where he circumvented the law during prohibition by selling liquor for "medicinal purposes." When the Volstead act was repealed in December 1933, Morris became a saloon keeper. Owned the Hey Hay Club, located at 4th and Cherry in Kansas City, Missouri. Customers sat on bales of hay in what was once a hay and feed barn, to hear performers such as Count Basie, Jo Jones, Lester Young and Ben Webster, performing on a stage fashioned from a converted hay wagon. Morris later opened "Milton's" at Armour & Troost in Kansas City, Missouri. Pee Wee Hunt paid tribute to the club's popularity with his Capitol recording of "Meet Me at Milton's." About 1951, opened Milton's Tap Room at 3241 Main in Kansas City, Missouri. Ran for Governor of Missouri unsuccessfully several times.
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