Some things never seem to change.
One of those things is that John Prine never fails to make me feel better no matter how depressing his subject matter happens to be.
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Another favorite:
“Paradise” is a great lullaby.
Someday, I will find a crowd at a karaoke bar capable of appreciating my rendition of Angel From Montgomery.
I do a great harmony to that song. It is a poetic work of great power.
Who can write “my heart’s in the icehouse”?
Only one man.
Few on the “folk/rock” side deal with the issues of real life, getting old, being lonely, like John Prine. His work is always poetically powerful and he always touches a chord of melancholic reverie.
Special for the holidays.
He has a couple of movie credits too. Once you’ve seen the liquor store scene in Daddy and Them, you’ll never forget it. Suggested subtitle for this movie – “If you think your family’s dysfunctional…”