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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Despite playing two shows in Atlanta near the original Kennesaw Mountain, JoCo has yet to play this song at an Atlanta show. | * Despite playing two shows in Atlanta near the original Kennesaw Mountain, JoCo has yet to play this song at an Atlanta show. | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis Kenesaw Mountain Landis] was the first commissioner of Major League Baseball. Among his best-known achievements is helping to restore the credibility of baseball after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal Black Sox Scandal]. This song is a version of that achievement, told in the form of an American myth. | ||
| + | *There are two different men known as Shoeless Joe Jackson. One was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoeless_Joe_Jackson Joseph Jefferson Jackson], who was banned from playing baseball in 1920 for his part in the Black Sox scandal. The other was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jackson_%28musician%29 Joe Jackson], an English New Wave singer. The 'Shoeless Joe Jackson' of this song combines the important events in the lives of both. | ||
== Availability == | == Availability == | ||
Revision as of 19:47, 27 April 2008
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| Kenesaw Mountain Landis | |
| Release | Smoking Monkey |
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| Length | 3:31 |
| Release date | RELEASE DATE |
| Related Pages | Other media |
| Blog entry | |
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Trivia
- Despite playing two shows in Atlanta near the original Kennesaw Mountain, JoCo has yet to play this song at an Atlanta show.
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis was the first commissioner of Major League Baseball. Among his best-known achievements is helping to restore the credibility of baseball after the Black Sox Scandal. This song is a version of that achievement, told in the form of an American myth.
- There are two different men known as Shoeless Joe Jackson. One was Joseph Jefferson Jackson, who was banned from playing baseball in 1920 for his part in the Black Sox scandal. The other was Joe Jackson, an English New Wave singer. The 'Shoeless Joe Jackson' of this song combines the important events in the lives of both.
Availability
This song is available in MP3 and FLAC for free download or purchase. It is also on the album Smoking Monkey.
Themes
Baseball (Your themes here)
| Smoking Monkey |
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