You Can't Win (part 2)

3-string cbg, mag pup, cigar box amp... rough sound, rough subject matter."My background is crowded with robberies, burglaries, and thefts too numerous to recall. All manner of crimes against property. Arrests, trials, acquittals, convictions, escapes. Penitentiaries! I see in the background four of them. County jails, workhouses, city prisons, Mounted Police barracks, dungeons, solitary confinement, bread and water, hanging up, brutal floggings, and the murderous straitjacket. I see hop joints, wine dumps, thieves' resorts, and beggars' hangouts. Crime followed by swift retribution in one form or another. I had very few glasses of wine as I traveled this route. I rarely saw a woman smile and seldom heard a song. In those twenty-five years I took all these things, and I am going to write about them. And I am going to write about them as I took them - with a smile." --Jack Black, You Can't WinImages courtesy of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (archives@twmuseums.org.uk)

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Clock The Wolf April 7, 2012 at 1:36pm

ThankYa Mr Wes! ThankYa Mr Thomas!

ThankYa Nanzee Katt!!!
Thomas "Duck" Petry April 7, 2012 at 1:04pm

Great one Clock! That has a lot of feeling in it.
Nancy kat April 7, 2012 at 12:41pm

stronger vibes on part 2 liked it! Fascinating look into the past spirit wolfie
Clock The Wolf April 6, 2012 at 11:15pm

Thanks Mr J!!!
Jason Mills April 6, 2012 at 10:51pm

Great tune Mr. Clock!!!!!
Clock The Wolf April 6, 2012 at 6:54pm

A-Yup! The more things change, the more they stay the same...
Clock The Wolf April 6, 2012 at 6:41pm
Phill Hill Charlie April 6, 2012 at 4:03pm

Your tune is cryin very good Clock !....°<[:-) [---]==={
Uncle John April 6, 2012 at 4:01pm

Like the vid. Like James's bad ass kitty.
James April 6, 2012 at 3:22pm

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