I am sure I am not the only freeper who appreciated the songwriting genius of John Prine
Rest In Peace, John Prine. He lived a good long life but it looks like every single death is now going to be counted as CV19 related.
Shadows! Shadows!
RIP
Used to go to Chicago’s Old Town and listen to him sing “Six O’Clock News” and Stevie Goodman sing “Lincoln Park Pirates.”
Oh,the good old days.
RIP John Prine. One of my favorires:
Dear Abby, dear Abby
My fountain pen leaks
My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
If it weren’t so expensive I’d wish I were dead
Signed unhappy
“When I die let my body float down the Green River,
Let my soul rise on up to the Rochester Dam.
I’ll be halfway to heaven with paradise waitin’,
Just five miles away from wherever I am.”
— From “Paradise” as sung by John Prine
Hope he got his wish. He deserves it. Farewell, good man.
As I said in the other thread, we saw John twice in January at the 30A Songwriter Festival, 4 times in October at the All The Best Fest in the Dominican Republic, NYE 2018-19 at the Grand Ole Opry, and in May 2018 at Beaver Dam KY within 10 miles of the former site of Paradise, KY (Muhlenberg County). Plus a bunch of times in the 30 years previous. Saw Bonnie warm up for John way back when, then when she got big, saw John warm up for Bonnie. Got to see Angel as a duet either way.
Needless to say, we are bummed.
Covid19 will be the official cause of the death of John Prine but his overall medical condition was probably as much to blame. RIP John, you were one of a kind.
Was he in Captain Hook?
I heard that he had battled cancer and I can imagine that he was in a weakened state. His song I Get Drunk Most Every Night (if that’s the right title) was the first song I sang years ago when first learning to sing. Never thought I’d see this tonight. RIP.
I was kayaking in the Asheville, NC, area during APR 1981. During a shuttle run, 2 fellow paddlers in the car put on a Prine tape. “Paradise” was on it. Been hooked ever since. Saw him as the warm-up act for Bonnie Riatt in Raleigh around 1993 and at City Stages in Birmingham around 2001. Godspeed John Prine. You will be missed.
Mysteriously, death from pneumonia is way down this year.
RIP John Prine. Thanks for the music.
She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol
And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal
Well she pressed her chest against me
About the time the juke box broke
Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck
And these are the words she spoke
Chorus:
Blow up your TV throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus on your own
RIP
So sad. I saw him in concert only once but love his music. He may be the most evocative songwriter of his generation. I sang The Great Compromise to my wife earlier today. Maybe John heard me too.
Saw him at Passim in Harvard Square just after his first album was released. Amazing song-writer singer and an old soul. RIP
Sam Stone. Met a lot of them. Spent the end of the 70s in Chicago. John Prine. RIP. You will be missed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLVWEYUqGew
Super sad.
I am sure they won’t be burying him down in the cold, cold ground.