Harry plays a few songs at Wing Night at the Crybaby Bar but old K.O. (Knockout) is not impressed. On his way home, Harry recalls Jollimore’s trailer and the music he heard that night. The voice that said: ‘Don’t go in the trailer, Harry!’ With Jollimore’s Banner Gibson guitar and darkness all around, Harry did go in it. He followed Marlboro Mike and Clarissa to the up the river path to the steps.And then, from the open trailer windows, Harry hears for the first time electrified music, played by real musicians. Hearing this, Harry knows he has come home. Those steel trailer steps were suddenly there and he went up them to see what was inside and to be forever changed. In a box of window light, the cat watches.

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On his bike, with the Banner Gibson guitar over his shoulder, Harry drives down to Slow River when his pant cuff gets caught in his bike chain and he falls in front of Jollimore’s trailer. An exotic barefoot woman comes out to the road to pull him off. ‘I’m Clarissa. They call me, ‘Baby Fingers,’ she says and Harry is stunned by her beauty. Harry goes down the road with Clarissa to the old rusted trailer with the blue victory wings.

Art - David Doucette

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Harry pedals into work at the graveyard. He has the guitar but Jollimore, who has not missed a day in 30 years, is nowhere to be found.

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Jollimore teaches Harry the graveyard chords C, F and G. He then breaks into song with the guitar at the gravestones, singing, 'The Cannonball'. Father Don rushes across the road: ‘Stop the guitar! The R.I.P. means, Rest In Peace!’

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In his first job at a graveyard, Harry meets the peculiar character Jajoe Jollimore, who tells Harry he plays guitar. Harry has no interest in the guitar. This prompts Jollimore to bring his own to the graveyard where he teaches Harry how to play.

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Back to the graveyard, where it came from for Harry. Ja-joe Jollimore was the graveyard worker that introduced Harry to the guitar. Jollimore discloses to Harry that he is a guitar player. Harry has no interest in guitars. This distresses Jollimore.

Art - David Doucette

Back to the graveyard, where it came from for Harry. Ja-joe Jollimore was the graveyard worker that introduced Harry to the guitar. Jollimore discloses to Harry that he is a guitar player. Harry has no interest in guitars. This distresses Jollimore.

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Harry is up against it. He rents a tiny room at the Tarantula Arms with a shared bath down at the end of the hall. His only income is his guitar gig at the Crybaby Bar. He has a plan, though. He will make a come-back with a song he never recorded, one that he was saving for an emergency, one that says it all, 'The Cannonball'