His gun of choice? The Iver Johnson Cadet, a five shot. Like many cautious men of his generation, he often carried a revolver tucked in the waistband of his suit pants. He worked long hours downtown-coming and going at times when the city streets were almost abandoned. Cash, Nelson, Jennings, Lynn-that was his music. My father was out of the Air Force and working as an auditor in First Atlanta Bank. 38 Special, that he passed down to me (and one that I own to this day). It would make a good soundtrack for this piece about my own father’s gun, a. The fourth song on the first side of the album features the line, “From this day on, I own my father’s gun”. Way back in 1970, Elton John released a uniquely American classic, Tumbleweed Connection-perhaps the most unusual of the Brit-pop icon’s albums.
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