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Slick Willie (The Ballad of Willie Sutton)

by Charlie Sutton

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An Americana indie-folk ballad

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Even mafiosos thought Willie was the man, Slick Willie, that cunning little crook, The submachines that he toted, were never loaded, it was always from the rich that Willie took-- (Slick Willie, Slick Willie Broke out again)

Slick Willie was his name he drove the prison guards insane, but the inmates treated Willie like a star, when they locked him in his cell, Willie managed to prevail, slick enough to slip right through his prison bars (Slick Willie, Slick Willie broke out again)

James killed 16 men Dillinger shot a cop, but old Willie, never
fired a shot, three times he broke free from the penitentiary, until eventually old Willie got caught--and all the jailbirds sing--(Slick Willie, Slick Willie broke out again)

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released December 16, 2018
Charlie Sutton (vocals, guitar, banjo) Sam Alkire (upright bass, backing vocals) Adam Straubinger (fiddle, backing vocals) Alison Ward (wasboard,percussion) Travis Ward (backing vocals)

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Charlie Sutton Boise, Idaho

Charlie is a veteran songwriter with over 25 years of live music under his belt. He was raised in the Pacific Northwest and has musical roots in the Midwest where he spent his late teens and early twenties playing music in St. Louis, MO.

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