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|header3 = Original Broadcast Date | |header3 = Original Broadcast Date | ||
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|data8 = [[:Category:Real_People|Real People]], 59 minutes | |data8 = [[:Category:Real_People|Real People]], 59 minutes | ||
|data4 = [[:Category:1992|1992]] | |data4 = [[:Category:1992|1992]] | ||
|data6 = JB Allison | |||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/redneck-rounder Redneck Rounder] [https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Redneck%20Rounder] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/redneck-rounder Redneck Rounder] [https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Redneck%20Rounder] | ||
|data10 = [[On The Edge]] | |data10 = [[On The Edge]] | ||
|data11 = [[El Cholo (In The Beginning)]] | |data11 = [[El Cholo (In The Beginning)]] | ||
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‘my Uncle Homer is my dad's older brother.’<ref>Homer | ‘my Uncle Homer is my dad's older brother.’<ref>Homer | ||
Arthur Allison, born 1925, to Guy Elzia and Gertrude Ellen Lowe. They | Arthur Allison, born 1925, to Guy Elzia and Gertrude Ellen Lowe (1907-1995). They | ||
married when she was 15, he 39, 5 days shy of his 40th birthday. She | married when she was 15, he 39, 5 days shy of his 40th birthday. She | ||
gave birth 2 months later.</ref> | gave birth 2 months later.</ref> | ||
‘He was Neil's father’<ref>Neil Arthur Allison | ‘He was Neil's father’<ref>Neil Arthur Allison (1947-1972).</ref> | ||
1947-1972.</ref> | |||
‘and he killed my aunt,’<ref>Rosie Ann Matthews | ‘and he killed my aunt,’<ref>Rosie Ann Matthews (1928-1952).</ref> | ||
1928-1952.</ref> | |||
‘threw her out of a car at 90 miles an hour when Neil was a | ‘threw her out of a car at 90 miles an hour when Neil was a | ||
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‘But he re-upped twice for Vietnam. He spent a total of three | ‘But he re-upped twice for Vietnam. He spent a total of three | ||
years over there, three and a half years.’ | years over there, three and a half years.’<ref>Neil enlisted | ||
1964 October 31, was discharged 1967 October 30 - 3 | |||
Neil enlisted 1964 October 31, was discharged 1967 October 30 - 3 | years. He didn't reënlist.</ref> | ||
years. He didn't reënlist. | |||
‘He went to 'Nam, actually, he went to 'Nam in | ‘He went to 'Nam, actually, he went to 'Nam in | ||
'63 or '64.’<ref>Regular Army troops deployed first in 1965. | '63 or '64.’<ref>Regular Army troops deployed | ||
Neil wasn't out of basic training before 1965.</ref> | first in 1965. Neil wasn't out of basic training before 1965.</ref> | ||
‘I'd gone in the Army myself at the same time and I was | ‘I'd gone in the Army myself at the same time and I was | ||
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inaugural ride because he forgot to put oil in it. | inaugural ride because he forgot to put oil in it. | ||
Neil | Neil got obsessed with a green towel that he said JB stole from him. | ||
JB | JB told him he can have all the towels. Neil threatened to come over | ||
for a fight. JB | for a fight. JB prepared; Neil didn't show. | ||
Neil met the ex-girlfriend ‘of a very famous biker that rode | Neil met the ex-girlfriend ‘of a very famous biker that rode | ||
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dynamite’<ref>The Pagans were based in Chesapeake Beach then. I | dynamite’<ref>The Pagans were based in Chesapeake Beach then. I | ||
lived in Maryland, read the paper, never read about this. The sheriff | lived in Maryland, read the paper, never read about this. The sheriff | ||
said it never happened. The Redditors at r/Maryland said it | |||
didn't. If Homer killing his wife made the paper, this should | didn't. If Homer killing his wife made the paper, this should | ||
have.</ref> | have.</ref> | ||
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Neil's van, inherited in Neil's van. He went down to | Neil's van, inherited in Neil's van. He went down to | ||
Florida and got arrested. And they found him hung in a jail cell in | Florida and got arrested. And they found him hung in a jail cell in | ||
Florida.’<ref>Roger Steven Allison | Florida.’<ref>Roger Steven Allison (1950-1975), hanged himself. | ||
I don't know where.</ref> | I don't know where.</ref> | ||
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A man talking in a crowded bar. His grandfather killed a man and left town, leaving his grandmother in a one room shack in the hills. His cousin Neil father killed his wife, was sent off to family and treated like a slave. He stole a machine gun, drove west, shot cattle for sport, volunteered to fight in Vietnam. Killing people in hand to hand combat and loving it. The speaker enlists. Bar-room brawls. He goes AWOL, gets discharged. He's arrested in a bar-room fight. He gets a job at a motorcycle shop. He's arrested for trespassing and found with a general's under-age daughter. He's given a suspended sentence and a fine and told to leave the state, but is not allowed to use a phone to find money. His buddy's girlfriend turns tricks to pay for their release. Being poor and hungry. Breaking into a restaurant. His buddy gets arrested in a drug sting, breaks out of prison on a horse. His cousin Neil kills someone in a racial fight at a field party. Vietnam vets return to find the country changed. Neil turns to drugs. Registering dogs for Medicare. Neil accuses the speaker of stealing his towel. Dead family members. Schoolyard passion, being accused of rape. Dating overweight women. | A man talking in a crowded bar. His grandfather killed a man and left town, leaving his grandmother in a one room shack in the hills. His cousin Neil father killed his wife, was sent off to family and treated like a slave. He stole a machine gun, drove west, shot cattle for sport, volunteered to fight in Vietnam. Killing people in hand to hand combat and loving it. The speaker enlists. Bar-room brawls. He goes AWOL, gets discharged. He's arrested in a bar-room fight. He gets a job at a motorcycle shop. He's arrested for trespassing and found with a general's under-age daughter. He's given a suspended sentence and a fine and told to leave the state, but is not allowed to use a phone to find money. His buddy's girlfriend turns tricks to pay for their release. Being poor and hungry. Breaking into a restaurant. His buddy gets arrested in a drug sting, breaks out of prison on a horse. His cousin Neil kills someone in a racial fight at a field party. Vietnam vets return to find the country changed. Neil turns to drugs. Registering dogs for Medicare. Neil accuses the speaker of stealing his towel. Dead family members. Schoolyard passion, being accused of rape. Dating overweight women. | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
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==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
2 things made identifying the narrator possible: Richard Looney's | 2 things made identifying the narrator possible: Richard Looney's | ||
note that JB Allison told this story, from the first extant published | note that JB Allison told this story, from the first extant published | ||
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Homer successfully fought his discharge from the Air Force, spent the | Homer successfully fought his discharge from the Air Force, spent the | ||
rest of his career there. He married again, had 3 more children. He | rest of his career there. He married again, had 3 more children. He | ||
made a statement to the ‘Washington Post’ for the 2000 | made [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/2000/100/54.htm a statement to the ‘Washington Post’ for the 2000 January 1 issue]: | ||
January 1 issue: | |||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
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millennium and my next 25 years.’ | millennium and my next 25 years.’ | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
Guy Sterling Allison Sr, JB's father, married in 1961 to William | Guy Sterling Allison Sr, JB's father, married in 1961 to William | ||