Damn.

I Iooked on here at what's been written today about Jelly Roll by Tony and Dom and...I think...that I find myself in agreement with both of them.

I think that NEED A FAVOR is a great lyric that grabs a listener. Jelly Roll's personal story makes it even more compelling.

Yet, I think about all of the talented people out there who never made it, lived decent lives, never committed a felony, never got into drugs, and certainly never had a stint in the penitentiary.

I've always thought that the subtext to stories like Jelly Roll is that, you too, can spend some time destroying your own life and badly damaging many others...butt then...you too can rise from the ashes and realize all of your dreams and become a singing celebrity, and a beacon of hope.

So whether or not he is an exemplary story of redemption, or a roll model that makes felonious behavior appear a rite of passage to some...is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.

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