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Subject: Who is Uncle Jack? From: Mark Cohen Date: 21 Jan 00 - 02:07 AM Tom Paxton's song "Uncle Jack" is, I believe about an artist who was blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. When I heard Tom do this song at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pa. in 1971 or so, he gave the name of the person the song is about, but I think I was slurping my capuccino and missed it. Does anyone know the story? In a similar vein, Fred Small's song "Jimmy Come Lately" is about a nationally ranked college basketball coach who chucked it all and went to drive a school bus in Sequim, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Fred told the audience the man's name (this time it was in Northampton, Mass., 1985) and I missed it again. These have been bugging me. Any help out there? By the way, Fred said that he had to redo the entire chorus of the song when he found out that the town's name is pronounced "Squim" and not "See-quim". If anyone is interested, I can probably post the words to these fine songs from memory, but I'll bet someone can come up with a link, with tunes and all. Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: Mark Cohen Date: 27 Jan 00 - 08:23 PM Still waiting to hear from all you smart people out there. |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: katlaughing Date: 27 Jan 00 - 08:56 PM Mark! You were in Noho in 1985??? I lived there then! I am going to go see what I can find for you. Where did you see Fred at in Noho? katlaughing |
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Subject: Lyr Add: JIMMY COME LATELY^^ From: Mark Cohen Date: 28 Jan 00 - 12:36 AM Here are the words to the Fred Small song. Jimmy Come Lately Road and Lost Mountain Road are both on the map. JIMMY COME LATELY by Fred Small I pull on the choke, pump hard on the gas Oh this wheezing old bus is complaining The Dungeness winter is blowing its last It's cold, but for once it's not raining Good morning, Jennifer, welcome aboard That's a handsome new jacket you're wearing And hustle up, Carey, I'm closing the door And I'll thank you to knock off the swearing CHORUS And it's Jimmy Come Lately to Lost Mountain Road The fog on the bay will be clearing And I'm crossing Dean Creek with a thirty-kid load And I'd rather be nowhere but here I can still smell the sweat, hear the roar of the crowd See the team on the magazine cover My wallet was thick, the airport was loud Till the Monday I knew it was over My back had gone out and I lay awake nights As I diagrammed plays on the ceiling All those motel-room calls to my long-distance wife Made me feel like a junkie caught stealing CHORUS I've seen city lights turn a good coach mean Seen the pressure drive a family apart I've gone for the glory, I've worn the gold ring And I barely escaped with my heart Now, Patrick Delaney, I've seen the kid play God, he's got the moves and the shooting And he's already talking about UCLA While the agents line up for the looting CHORUS Now Mary and me we're a comfortable fit And the ocean here's running with salmon Evenings we go for a walk on the spit And on Sundays sometimes we go clammin' And I still get the offers and I just turn them down It's a wonder they bother to find me And I'll leave to Valvano and Lewis and Brown The wonders that I left behind me CHORUS Sorry, I don't know how to post the tune. So, does anybody know the coach's name? Or who Uncle Jack was? Kat-- it was at the Iron Horse. I was on the staff at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, living the life of misery for a year in East Longmeadow. Northampton was fun -- I wish I'd lived there instead. But then I might not be in Hawaii now... Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: Mark Cohen Date: 12 Aug 01 - 03:13 AM Refresh: a year and a half later and I STILL don't know these names or any more about the stories. Any help? Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: katlaughing Date: 12 Aug 01 - 04:02 AM Hmmm...I've just searched a bnch on google for Uncle Jack and not found a thing except that the music and arr. were by David Horowitz. The Screen Actors Guild has a ton of info which they will share with the interested public. Maybe they could tell you, if no one here comes up with it.:-) We'll keep looking. When we lived in Noho I never had the price of the Iron Horse tix...3 kids and a composer/brother used up the cash.:-) My ex business partner and I called on someone at Baystate once when we were selling specialty advertising products. Ugh, a bunch of plastic junk! kat |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: Naemanson Date: 12 Aug 01 - 07:37 AM Wow, Mark, I guess there are some questions even the 'Cat just cannot answer. Too bad. Maybe there should be an award for the unanswerable question. We have awards for trolls and flamers, why not for the difficulty of the question? |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 12 Aug 01 - 08:58 AM Anyone know how to email Fred Small or Tom Paxton? The horse's mouth is often a good source... |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: katlaughing Date: 12 Aug 01 - 09:39 AM I found this for Fred:
You may contact Fred by email at fred@fredsmallmusic.com or |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: Naemanson Date: 12 Aug 01 - 01:37 PM As far as I know Fred is no longer involved in music. He has deserted us for the ministery. Of course, he is a UNITARIAN minister but it is still the ministery. Somone has to control the radical Unitarians and keep them from burning question marks on people's lawns. |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: katlaughing Date: 12 Aug 01 - 02:09 PM Naes, PLEASE come burn one on my lawn!**BG** I see at his website there is a very nice message from him about his ministry and his music. He did three performance this year, but does not show anymore listed after May. With a smile like that, I figure he should be packing them in, either place! kat |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: Mark Cohen Date: 12 Aug 01 - 05:44 PM Fred started out as a lawyer, and has always been interested in public service, so I suppose it's no great stretch to the ministry. A very dedicated and talented man. Contacting Tom sounds like a good idea....I'll give it a try. I've asked a couple of other questions that have gone unanswered, so I don't know that it's all that unusual. What IS amazing about the 'Cat, I think, is how many seemingly impossible questions ARE answered, and with such a wealth of associated information. Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: Naemanson Date: 12 Aug 01 - 08:48 PM OK Kat, you are on! Where do you live. PM me and I will start planning now. It may take me a few years to pull this off but one day you will see it out there burning. |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: katlaughing Date: 12 Aug 01 - 09:16 PM LOL...ole Wyomin' will never be the same. I can just see the headlines By the time you get out here, though, I'll be somewhere come hell or high water, NOT because of you; just don't want to be in WY anymore.*bg* (Good luck, Mark.) kat |
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Subject: RE: Who is Uncle Jack? From: GUEST,AJ Date: 21 Aug 20 - 08:30 AM Don’t know if you are still looking to an answer re: Jimmy Come Lately, all these years later, but I stumbled across this post when I was looking for the same thing. It’s Phil Woolpert https://www.sequimgazette.com/sports/woolperts-legend-lives-on/ Small world to find this post, I live in Holyoke, MA. |
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