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Mike Schill's avatar

Wow, what a great way to start my day thank you!!

john ellis's avatar

Thanks for a wonderful personal reflection and sharing his lyrics as spoken word. Touching

Sandy S's avatar

Thank you for sharing this. He was one of the few shared favorites of my late partner and I. John’s spirit lives on his music and all of us who love his songs. I often wish I could hear his take on our current national situation. He is deeply missed

Mary Ann Riccardella's avatar

"I still love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore." John Prine

Tim N Taylor's avatar

"Oh, heck."

Melinda's avatar

How lovely. I danced with my husband in the kitchen many times to the lyrics of John Prine. The memory is so bittersweet. John’s tribute brought both tears and smiles.

Thank you for sharing John, and thank you John Prine.

Mary Ann Riccardella's avatar

I've been a fan of John Prine forever. I remember that interview on CBS and thinking wow, how lucky you were. And now as his music lives on, you again got to share this night with his family. John was truly one of the greatest songwriters ever.

Deb Durand's avatar

thanks for this precious gift of memory and song and the miracle of music

Joel Adams's avatar

John, Thank you.

I was introduced to John Prine when he toured with Steve Goodman in the early seventies-magical evenings in Boulder.

Sherry Reed's avatar

This was beautiful, John!

Susanmandewilson's avatar

Thank you John, that was sweet and soothed my missing J.P. soul

Cyn B's avatar

Thanks for the heads up on the CBS 'long form' of your visit with John Prine. On my watch later list, later meaning tonight. Sounds like a lovely diversion from current reality before bed.

Hollie Rood's avatar

These comments say it all. John Prine was a treasure.

Michael Dickerson's avatar

Must be pretty cool when you’re standing on the stage of Wolf Trap talking to people you don’t know at all and people you do know better than anyone else in the whole world and you realize that yes, in that moment, you’ve indeed ended up sitting on a rainbow.

Irene Siminski's avatar

Happy belated birthday old friend. Hope all is well with you and yours. Still hoping to get together some day when I can get away to visit. I’m still working. Living in Tempe. I’m doing life saving infusions for my chronically ill patients. I was told I can’t retire because I know too much. Still a pro at starting IV’s and still loving what I’m doing. I go to people’s homes for their therapy. Mostly doing IGG infusions.( Immunoglobulin). Send me a note telling me what you are up to these days.

Sincerely,

Irenie

Joel Markwell's avatar

I fell in love with the Beatles in the 60's, but as I moved out into the world, I was most at home with Townes Van Zandt and John Prine. Bonnie Raitt's cover introduced me to Angel from Montgomery and I had to laugh about how he knew about my bawdy relationships "In Spite of Ourselves"

John Prine made me see and respect my brothers who served when I did not; what they went through in "Sam Stone". He had a sly understanding of my own "Illegal Smile. But I would bawl like a baby when I heard "Hello in There" thinking about my Grandparents out there on the Kansas plains, Ralph and Fanny Viola Penny Markwell.

Now I'm sitting here listening to the news repeating itself in my own forgotten dream, looking out from these hollow ancient eyes, wondering, who's out there?

It was always John Prine The American Troubador.

Rebecca Basham's avatar

Two of my favorite John’s.

Both who have a way with words.