John Prine
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John Prine Posted on Jan 21 2009 at 8:44pm by You want to get to the roots of Kentucky/Tennessee coal mine music....Get John Prine on the show. He is so influential from the coal mining states to Texas. 
RE: John Prine Posted on Jan 22 2009 at 12:04pm by I was introduced to John Prine's music through a friend of mine a few years ago. We both play guitar and enjoy Prine's work, partly because his music tells such stories. But weather the lyrics are serious, comical or tragic, they all paint quite a picture, and all are played with such simplistic brilliance. A true living legend and he's still touring.
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John Prine Posted on Jan 24 2009 at 2:22pm by I heard John Prine 30 years ago and loved his tunes. Saw him a couple years ago on his tour & the tunes (new & old) resonated even more. Check out "Hello in There", "Sam Stone", and "Dear Abby" for classic Prine. Young artists tend to write about themselves, but for a young guy (30+ years ago, that is) to have written an insightful song about the lonley world of elderly people ("Hello in There")strikes me as amazing. RE: John Prine Posted on Jan 26 2009 at 11:43pm by Glad you brought him up. Prine would be a marvelous interview. Anyone know if Mr. Costello reads these posts to get ideas?...If he does, thank you so much for the shows. Here's a few more (showing my age...) John Sebastian, John Fogerty (sadly overlooked as a singer/songwriter, I'd put "Wrote a Song For Everyone" and "Lodi," possibly the saddest song ever written about creative voids and lonliness. While we're at it, Van Morrison, Jackson Brown, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder. Almost anothe season of shows!
