RIP John Prine

[DrGonzo]

This one really hurts. Some you take in stride and some feel like you got punched in the gut. Haven't felt like this since George Harrison died.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

i fucking hate coronavirus

 

[ruprecht]

RIP

 

[Omeletpants]

2 things:

-John Prine's Angel from Montgomery is a great song

-John Prine looks like HHM's ass

 

[Omeletpants]

The great Susan Tedeschi going Angel from Montgomery, morphing into the Greatful Dead's Sugeree

 

[HeHateMe]

2 things:

-John Prine's Angel from Montgomery is a great song

-John Prine looks like HHM's ass

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2 things:

-John Prine's Angel from Montgomery is a great song

-John Prine looks like HHM's ass

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you wish you knew what my ass looks like.


PUT THAT IN YOUR SPANK BANK!

 

[Crystallas]

RIP. I tried to see him perform in 2017, and the show sold out in minutes. Just amazing how many fans he has all over the place without having much if any publicity.

 

[Burque]

Hell of a musician.... RIP

 

[Omeletpants]

you wish you knew what my ass looks like.


PUT THAT IN YOUR SPANK BANK!

Only you could turn a John Prine thread into something dirty

 

[MDB111™]

A true folk legend...
Saw him twice, the last being 2018. He toured with Dan Auerbach from the Black Keys for a limited run.


"That's the way that the world goes round"

R.I.P John

 

[Burque]

It's a big ole goofy world.

 

[DrGonzo]

RIP. I tried to see him perform in 2017, and the show sold out in minutes. Just amazing how many fans he has all over the place without having much if any publicity.

First show I ever went to was him and Steve Goodman at Ravinia somewhere around '75. Then I saw him and Bonnie Raitt together in Madison in '86. My buddy and I tried to crash their after party in the penthouse of a hotel and got chased out by security. Then I saw all the shows he did on the Cayamo cruise in '15. So I can't complain.

The wold doesn't seem right without that guy in it.

 

[Crystallas]

First show I ever went to was him and Steve Goodman at Ravinia somewhere around '75. Then I saw him and Bonnie Raitt together in Madison in '86. My buddy and I tried to crash their after party in the penthouse of a hotel and got chased out by security. Then I saw all the shows he did on the Cayamo cruise in '15. So I can't complain.

The wold doesn't seem right without that guy in it.

It's nice to know he had this following. I knew his followers were loyal, but it's a bigger group than I originally thought. All my life, whenever I told people I loved John Prine's music, the response was always "Oh yeah, I know him, he's the poor mans Dylan". And it's like... mmmkay, so you only know two folk singers I guess, and are only aware of it in limited quantities, because that's kind of what I hear when people make comments like that. I like Dylan too, so it's no hate whatsoever.

 

[DrGonzo]

It's nice to know he had this following. I knew his followers were loyal, but it's a bigger group than I originally thought. All my life, whenever I told people I loved John Prine's music, the response was always "Oh yeah, I know him, he's the poor mans Dylan". And it's like... mmmkay, so you only know two folk singers I guess, and are only aware of it in limited quantities, because that's kind of what I hear when people make comments like that. I like Dylan too, so it's no hate whatsoever.

I personally know people who believe he is a better songwriter than Dylan, though I don't. What's become even more clear after his death is how many musicians that are successful in their own right (Dylan, Springsteen, etc.) hold him in the highest esteem.

 

[DrGonzo]

Maybe we should have a "greatest living songwriter" thread? I'd probably cast an early vote for Joni Mitchell but I'm open to persuasion.

 

[Burque]

Maybe we should have a "greatest living songwriter" thread? I'd probably cast an early vote for Joni Mitchell but I'm open to persuasion.

I'd mention Rick Rubin, and the conversation would be over.

 

[MDB111™]

I'd mention Rick Rubin, and the conversation would be over.

I didn't realize he wrote. I thought he was a mega producer.

I like John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Bob Dylan doesn't speak to me like John Prine could

 

[Burque]

I didn't realize he wrote. I thought he was a mega producer.

I like John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Bob Dylan doesn't speak to me like John Prine could

I really think he is a mega everything in the music world. his wikipedia page is insane.

 

[TL1961]

Love John Prine. So sad to see him succumb to this and I just want to celebrate his life by listening to his music as I always do, rather than let the fact it was Covid19 get me angry.

Prine was well respected and loved within the industry. I really liked the tribute from The Grand Ol Opry in which they said “the Opry staff adored Mr. Prine...”.

Love his sense of humor and humility. RIP, John Prine. The Singing Mailman delivered indeed!

 

[MDB111™]

I really think he is a mega everything in the music world. his wikipedia page is insane.

I will smoke a J and check it out tonight. That guy has been all over the industry.