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The Strange Case of AWOL: A Real Mama’s Boy – The Lost Album of 1973

By J. T. Larkspur February 19, 2023

If you see someone comment "OK, AWOL a real mama's boy 1973" on a video of a grown man crying because his mother didn't pack his lunch, they are likely using the phrase as an anachronistic roast—digging up a 50-year-old insult to shame modern softness. awol a real mamas boy 1973

• [Main Character's Name] - [Actor's Name]
• Mother - [Actress's Name]
• Friends - [Supporting Actors' Names]

• Title: The Mack
• Release Year: 1973
• Starring: Max Julien, Richard Pryor

The Sound of Guilt and Grits

Sonically, the album is a mess—a glorious, fuzzed-out mess. Side A opens with the title track, “AWOL (A Real Mama’s Boy).” Over a loping, out-of-tune piano, Ransom drawls: “They said I was a soldier / but I’m just her little boy / Left my rifle in the barracks / ran home to bring her joy.” By the second chorus, a steel guitar wails like an air raid siren, and Ransom’s voice cracks on the word “AWOL” as if he’s confessing to murder. The Strange Case of AWOL: A Real Mama’s

A-Side:

He didn’t look the part. Not really.