R.I.P. John Prine

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R.I.P. John Prine

Post by SlowLane » Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:33 pm

Coronavirus claims one of the best: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... it-253684/
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Post by asiab3 » Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:53 pm

Fuck. Like I said on someone's Facebook account (Neil?? Tommu?? Who was it??) I'm sorry to learn of the great songs of Jon Prine, like the songs of the late Pete Seeger, too late… I'll be spending the next few nights at home with JP's recordings this week. Along with Bill Withers, (non-Corona-related,) there are several world-class musicians who have passed on recently, and I don't know if I can deal with them all as a stoic…

Can y'all please post some of your favorite JP videos here?
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Post by asiab3 » Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:54 pm

This is my favorite, at the moment: Sam Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLVWEYU ... =emb_title
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Post by SlowLane » Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:05 am

There are too many great Prine songs to definitively choose a favorite, but Hello In There has got to be in the running. Or Please Don't Bury Me.

Obligatory VW-related content: I was introduced to Prine's music by a co-worker/mentor/friend back in the early 80's one cold October night as we tackled replacing the heads and P&C's on his 411. He had only ever worked on American iron and my VW experience was purely from working on my Beetle (supplemented by the "wealth" of VW lore provided by a steady diet of Dune Buggies & Hot VWs), so it was truly the blind leading the blind. He had to get the car back to operational by the next morning to get to work, so it was an all-night session started just after supper and finishing sometime between 3 and 4 in the morning. We only had two cassette tapes that were put on continuous rotation: John Prine's Prime Prine and Crosby Stills & Nash CSN. Even now the opening strains to Sam Stone or Shadow Captain take me back to that frosty garage.
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Re: R.I.P. John Prine

Post by Amskeptic » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:29 pm

SlowLane wrote:
Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:05 am

There are too many great Prine songs to definitively choose a favorite, but Hello In There has got to be in the running. Or Please Don't Bury Me.

Obligatory VW-related content: I was introduced to Prine's music by a co-worker/mentor/friend back in the early 80's one cold October night as we tackled replacing the heads and P&C's on his 411. He had only ever worked on American iron and my VW experience was purely from working on my Beetle (supplemented by the "wealth" of VW lore provided by a steady diet of Dune Buggies & Hot VWs), so it was truly the blind leading the blind. He had to get the car back to operational by the next morning to get to work, so it was an all-night session started just after supper and finishing sometime between 3 and 4 in the morning. We only had two cassette tapes that were put on continuous rotation: John Prine's Prime Prine and Crosby Stills & Nash CSN. Even now the opening strains to Sam Stone or Shadow Captain take me back to that frosty garage.

Crosby Stills & Nash are in my DNA and early VW ministrations. Try these new Italian sequesters doing an a cappella rendering of "Helplessy Hoping." It is gorgeous and it gives me hope in this Dark Hour of Imbecility.

https://youtu.be/KtX1r0SzxlI
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Re: R.I.P. John Prine

Post by JLT » Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:42 am

SlowLane wrote:
Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:05 am

There are too many great Prine songs to definitively choose a favorite, but Hello In There has got to be in the running. Or Please Don't Bury Me.

Too many good ones to list. I'm gonna miss John a lot.
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