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4th of July

by Jack Hotel

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I have always loved this song by John Walker, who passed away in 2018. I was honored to call him my friend.

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I was born in California
And when you're poor in California
Down is the only place
Down is the place you will stay
On the 4th of July you can play
At killing snakes and blowing things away

My name is Derrick and I'm 12 years old
And I believe all the stories I'm told
My father's in Las Vegas with some wife
My mother's stuck in somebody else's life
And me on the 4th of July
I'm killing snakes and blowing things away

My uncle George, he got to be 60 years old
Couldn't get by on his looks anymore
Alice found him in some motel room
Curled up with a bottle and a spoon
On the 4th of July it was too soon
For killing snakes and blowing things away

I am an American and I am free
My father says I can do just as I please
I can go to Las Vegas with some wife
I can live as my uncle George died
In California on the 4th of July
I'm killing snakes and blowing things away

I'm killing snakes and blowing things away

On the 4th of July

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released July 10, 2021
Günter Voelker - acoustic guitar, electric guitars, vocal, drums, synths
Kim Taruc - upright bass

Recorded at Future Bread Studios in Lincoln, NE by Günter Voelker, except bass, recorded at Kim's spot. Produced and mixed by Günter Voelker. Design by Günter Voelker. Song by John Walker.

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Jack Hotel Lincoln, Nebraska

Jack Hotel contains multitudes. A listen to their discography reveals a range that encompasses Ry Cooder and Leo Kottke, Gillian Welch and Townes Van Zandt, Mississippi John Hurt and Etta Baker — but this band is no mere product of its influences. Since their start in 2012, Jack Hotel has proven itself one of the best, and most original, folk acts in the midwest. ... more

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