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Blue collar babysitter

Irishwhiskey Story by:  Jim Perakis
Recorded:  September 2009, New York, NY
Music:  Richard Thompson

A portrait of Mike Butler:  tannery worker, hard drinker, avid gambler, and, in the eyes of three young boys growing up in suburban Massachusetts in the 1950s, the greatest babysitter ever.

Broadcast January 2, 2010 on WILL-AM's "Sidetrack with Jason Croft" (Urbana, IL). 


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Jim Perakis is the former CEO of Hyperion Software. 

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David Lazarus

A beautiful piece.The very natural narration had me spellbound.

Posted by: David Lazarus | January 01, 2010 at 12:30 PM

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