This is a song about the birthplace of Styx. Dennis grew up in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago (and he is the self-proclaimed Earl). Charlie and Johnny are the Panozzo brothers, and the other two boys in the last verse may be JY and John Curulewski, whom Dennis would not meet until college.
This is a song about the birthplace of Styx. Dennis grew up in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago (and he is the self-proclaimed Earl). Charlie and Johnny are the Panozzo brothers, and the other two boys in the last verse may be JY and John Curulewski, whom Dennis would not meet until college.