Killswitch Engage - Eye of the Storm

At the end of the forties, America’s largest mafia structures had already settled in Las Vegas with the firm intention of turning it into a gambling and entertainment paradise, and it seemed that Parker had some useful connections in this environment. They went back to the time of his trips to Louisiana with the Royal American Show, and in this state trade, the thieves' world, and politics always got along well. By the way, Parker's close ties with Louisiana were confirmed in 1948, when Governor Jimmy Davis (the dubious politician famous for the ballad “You are my sunshine” when he was a hillbilly singer) called him a colonel - an honorary title highly valued in the south.