Any John Prine Fans?

[nboucher]

I haven't listed to John Prine in a long, long time, but "Hello in There" used to be one of my favorite tunes. Then I saw him on Austin City Limits a couple of years ago while he was touring again after a bout with neck cancer, and I was impressed. Yesterday I downloaded his 2005 comeback CD Fair and Square and fell in love with his work again. When I asked people about him at work today, I was shocked to learn no one had ever heard of him!

Norman

[Olebiker]

I was talking about coal mining with a 40 year old coworker yesterday and, when I sang a little bit of "Muhlenberg County", she gave me a blank look.  She had never heard the song and had never heard of Prine.

[Catt]

Meet John at a private party in Houston back in 1973 along with David Allan Coe and Steve Goodman; not many people know John & Steve wrote "You Never Even Call Me By My Name".

[nboucher]

Catt, you are one lucky man. That's a lot of great songwriting talent there.

Biker, one of my coworkers said, "Isn't someone that your generation liked?" Oh, brother . . .

[Olebiker]

Meet John at a private party in Houston back in 1973 along with David Allan Coe and Steve Goodman; not many people know John & Steve wrote "You Never Even Call Me By My Name".

You ought to hear Arlo Guthrie tell the story about Steve Goodman accosting him in a bar in Chicago and trying to get him to listen to a song he wrote.  Arlo finally gave in and told Goodman, "Buy me a beer and as long as it takes me to drink the beer I'll listen to your song.  It was the best beer I ever had."  

As you may imagine, the song was "City of New Orleans."

[nboucher]

Kris Kristofferson seems to have first brought a lot of these guys to the attention of the public and recording studios.

[fatbass]

Huge fan!!!  Prine Rocks!!!!

Danced to "In Spite of Ourselves," his duet with Iris Dement, at my wedding reception.  8-)

Karoake'd "Grampa was a Carpenter" last Friday.  Good Stuff

[bass or bass ?]

I've always liked Prine, and the late Steve Goodman has been one of my favorites since the 70's.     Happy fishing.

~B.A.S.S.~N.A.F.C.~BoatU.S.~N.R.A.~A.M.A.~

[Dan:]

"Oh, I've been thinking lately 'bout the people I meet, the carwash on the corner and the hole in the street."

Yep, I'm a fan. I was introduced to Prine by a high school english teacher.

My favorites are "Angel from Montgomery" and "Fish and Whistle"

[Panamoka_Bassin]

I had heard of him, but until a couple years ago, had no real idea who he was.  I liked his music so much, I got my band to learn "Please Don't Bury Me."  Its become one of our crowd favorites, but I doubt that many people know who John Prine is, lol...