The Music Of John Prine

Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

 

John Prine - When I Get To Heaven (Lyric Video)

 

Reading today of the future shut down of a coal-fueled power plant in Kentucky,
they stated that the coal came from the Paradise #9 Mine.

In 1971, John wrote a song titled "Paradise" about the Peabody company
in Kentucky.

Thought I'd share it; a timely piece of work.



" Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man."

" When I die let my ashes float down the green river
Let my soul roll on up to the rochester dam
I'll be halfway to heaven with paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am."

 

Thanks,Tim! I first heard it sung by Johnny Cash.

 

John Prine - "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (Live)

 

Bruised Orange - John Prine 1980 (stereo)

John Prine tells the story behind the song, followed by a live performance of Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow.)

 

Here's another look at Paradise.....

 

John Prine - Miller & Company (ca. 1992)

John talks with Dan Miller about "The Missing Years" and "Falling From Grace" and performs "That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round."

 

Stephen Colbert and John Prine perform 'That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round'

 

The SteelDrivers, John Prine & Bill Murray - "Paradise" | Live at the Opry

 

John Prine & Bill Murray Discuss Their Early Days Of Music, Comedy & More

 

The Other Side of Town

 

I got three (Count em') John Prine CDs for my birthday! WOW! .....that's the way the world goes round, I guess!
(Fair & Square, The Missing years & The Tree of Forgiveness.)

 

Morning Train

 

John Prine and Iris DeMent - Milwaukee Here I Come (Live From Sessions at West 54th)