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pecosbob

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12. Sam Stone was the first Prine song I ever heard

Reply to ALBliberal (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:53 AM

Mar 2020

and then Paradise. My brain is still swimming in his lyrics after more than fifty years.

If any have not seen the Thornton picture Daddy and Them, watch it. Prine plays a great supporting role and does a duet with Iris Dement for the movie's theme.

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Speed of the Sound of Loneliness John Prine/Nancy Griffith [View all] ALBliberal Mar 2020 OP

John Prine is a national treasure. Other people do his songs, usually very well, but.... RussellCattle Mar 2020 #1

+1 KT2000 Mar 2020 #2

to post a YouTube video, you do not have to use the link button, all you have to do is Celerity Mar 2020 #3

OMG, for once it wasn't me being the DU URL monitor lol ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #5

I hit peak 'link button misuse and/or non trimmed link posts about a month ago' Celerity Mar 2020 #7

Did I do something wrong? ALBliberal Mar 2020 #6

no, not really, I was just showing how to do a clean post of a YT video Celerity Mar 2020 #8

Only trying to learn.... ALBliberal Mar 2020 #9

because you sued the link button and did not trim it, it has this Celerity Mar 2020 #10

Awesome ... and I like Nanci Griffith too ... nt mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #4

Aw, thanks for posting this. tanyev Mar 2020 #11

Sam Stone was the first Prine song I ever heard pecosbob Mar 2020 #12