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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack" --who is this Jack that the Boss refers to?
A friend of the narrator of the song?
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"Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack" --who is this Jack that the Boss refers to? (Original Post)
raccoon
Apr 2014
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whistler162
(11,155 posts)1. Same Jack that Ray Charles told to
hit the road.
raccoon
(31,091 posts)2. That would make sense, since this narrator is about to hit the road and never look back. nt
Yavin4
(35,357 posts)18. That Jack gets around. n/t
brooklynboy49
(287 posts)3. It rhymes with "back"
I don't think it's any deeper than that. Well, that, and the generic "Jack". As alluded to in the "Hit the road..." answer.
Then again, I don't give jack shit lol.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)4. Probably
is a friend of the songwriter.
Good thing he didn't have a friend named "Quack".
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. Jack Black?
I doubt it's Jack Nicklaus. I don't really see Bruce as the golf type.
raccoon
(31,091 posts)6. Jack Nicholson, maybe. nt
pam4water
(2,916 posts)7. I'm going with rhymes with back XD
Orrex
(63,086 posts)8. Maybe it's the jack from the ACDC song.
Iggo
(47,489 posts)9. Sinatra, too.
Howard Stern did a whole bit on it right after Sinatra died.
It was hilarious.
raccoon
(31,091 posts)10. Sinatra had a friend named Jack too? nt
whistler162
(11,155 posts)12. The great Jack Jones [robably
&feature=kp
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)11. Regardless of who "Jack" is,
I absolutely detest that song
theboss
(10,491 posts)13. As a Springsteen fanatic, that's my least favorite Boss song
At least from the early years. Queen of the Supermarket was pretty atrocious.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)21. He abandoned his kids
and he's not looking back. That song conjures up bad memories for me.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)14. It's the other Baltimore.
There's one in Maryland, and one in Jack.
JVS
(61,935 posts)15. He's talking to Captain Jack
lame54
(35,139 posts)16. I think he's talking to you - the listener
madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)19. I don't think the Boss knows Jack Shit. nt
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)20. "Baltimore Jack" is slang for a second family.
And I totally made that up.