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[R.I.P.] John Prine...

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We lost a great story teller and song writer today...:(

John Prine, who traded his job as a Chicago mail carrier to become one of the most revered singer-songwriters of the last half-century, died on Tuesday of COVID-19 complications, after surviving multiple bouts with cancer. He was 73.

Prine died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. His family announced his death.

Since he broke through onto the folk scene with his 1971 self-titled debut album, Prine was hailed by critics and his musical peers for his keen observational powers, mordant sense of humor and finely wrought portraits of the human condition, from his trenchant tale of a Vietnam vet’s downward spiral upon his unceremonious homecoming (“Sam Stone”) to his empathetic expressions of the loneliness of old age (“Angel From Montgomery” and “Hello in There”).
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Coronavirus: John Prine, revered singer-songwriter, dead at 73 - Los Angeles Times

 
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

He will be missed. I remember watching some second rate Steven Seagal film where he was an EPA investigator in rural KY. Prine's paradise was the song that was played during the film credits-probably one of the highlights of the movie.
 
The world just became a little greyer and more drab. RIP Mr. Prine and thank you for a lifetime of great music sir. God's speed.

V/R.
Evilroddy.
 
Evilroddy said:
The world just became a little greyer and more drab. RIP Mr. Prine and thank you for a lifetime of great music sir. God's speed.

V/R.
Evilroddy.
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Almost every death brings grief to the lives of those still living. It is also a reminder that we are all going to die and need to prepare to meet God before we die and go to Him.
 
Rest in peace, John Prine.
 
Jesus Chris, died for nothin', I suppose. :(

Another flag-draped casket on the local hero's hill....

R.I.P. old friend.

I can assure you that you're music will stay alive and well at every bonfire, picnic or gathering of friends I play at.

You music has been a staple item in my set list since I learned the Bm chord.

I am heartbroken.
 


Lyrics:
While digesting Reader's Digest in the back of a dirty book store
A plastic flag, with gum on the back fell out on the floor
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside, slapped it on my window shield
And if I could see old Betsy Ross I'd tell her how good I feel
But your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
They're already overcrowded from your dirty little war
Now Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reason's for
And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
Well, I went to the bank this morning and the cashier he said to me
"If you join the Christmas club we'll give you ten of them flags for free"
Well, I didn't mess around a bit, I took him up on what he said
And I stuck them stickers all over my car and one on my wife's forehead
But your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
They're already overcrowded from your dirty little war
Now Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reason's for
And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
Well, I got my window shield so filled with flags I couldn't see
So, I ran the car upside a curb and right into a tree
By the time they got a doctor down I was already dead
And I'll never understand why the man standing in the pearly gates said
"But your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
We're already overcrowded from your dirty little war"
"Now Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reason's for
And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore"
 
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