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SMOKESTACK JACK

from Phoenix In The Ashes by Mandolin Jack

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Inspired by the mid-60's jug band 'The Edison Bell Spasm Band', of which Mandolin Jack was a founder member, fondly remembered while driving across Montana & South Dakota in the worried pre-election days of October 2016.......

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Headin’ out west on an all-night drive
In an old black flathead ‘55
Four guys trying to keep this dream alive
We’re looking for the man called Smokestack Jack
Put the whole gone world back on the map
The only one who’s gonna show us where it’s at.

Smokestack Jack
Smokestack Jack
Smokestack Jack is gone & won’t come back

We’ve got guitars and a gallon of wine in the trunk
Brownsville blues and beers up front
Been looking for Smokestack Jack in every honky-tonk
We’ve been down the track to the railroad’s end
Heard the clickety-clack of ol’ Southern Train
Turn around, and we’re back on the road again

So I’m here behind the wheel
Of this westbound automobile
I still don’t know what is real
And what’s just yakety-yak

Smokestack Jack
Smokestack Jack
Smokestack Jack is gone & won’t come back

I wanna meet the man who’ll shake my hand
Show me the way to the promised land
Preacher, teacher, leader of this rock & roll band

Smokestack Jack
Smokestack Jack
Smokestack Jack is gone & won’t come back

credits

from Phoenix In The Ashes, track released October 19, 2017
CHRIS TULLOCH (AKA Mandolin Jack): Mandolin, Vocals
JOHN EVANS (AKA Big John Evans): Acoustic & Electric Guitars
CASPAR SEWELL: String Bass
ISABELLA TULLOCH: Vocals

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Mandolin Jack London, UK

Mainly a songwriter - in Americana mood ; with some mandolin, a bit of guitar, some boogie-woogie keyboards and starting to get to grips with some lap-steel!

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