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“What he lacked in material wealth, JW Glasker made up for in strength of spirit, an abounding sense of humor, and generosity to all he came in contact with. “If I can’t help you, I sure ain’t going to hurt you,” was one of his prevailing maxims. He was a friend since boyhood with Freddie and John Jackson, Richard and Kate Noakes, and other local musicians. JW seldom missed a weekend’s hike on foot over to the Washington picture show, followed by a clog-dancing house party, or a shindig at the Flat Top Inn.”
“In midlife, JW worked briefly as a semi-truck driver delivering produce up the East Coast. Later he operated a dump truck around central Virginia. Working on the rear axle of this vehicle in the 1950s, a hydraulic jack failed and the truck’s weight smashed his left leg. The operation left one leg shorter, conferring on John his signature limp. JW would always guffaw about this defect, do a listing shuffle-step, and pronounce that it had made his dancing even fancier. Though he never married, the ladies must have agreed, since at parties JW was never short of the prettiest and nimblest partners.”
“In his last three decades, JW developed a reputation as a competent house-painter.
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