John Prine is dead. Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled him away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEy6EuZp9IY
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/john-prine-obit-253684/
The first time I heard this song, I was reading a Trains Magazine article on Peabody’s coal train, and have always associated the two things since. I don’t know if it puts a different spin on the song’s message … to us railfans.
In a sense Calypso Island was worse, if not named quite so iconically.
Funny thing is that I never recognized John Prine wrote the song until now. I suppose better late than never.
Mr. Prine had an “upbeat irreverence” few people in his genre could match; we’ll miss him.
Steve Goodman and John Prine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxKW12p3VSA Nine Pound Hammer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOTbg39-I5Q Souvinirs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U44iAtpj8Aw Hank Williams medley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYIrs1Dx4Ck&t=3m10s perfect Country & Western song
Before the City of New Orleans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODAWlUlOG1M Fast Freight
More… " when the Blackhawks are in town" … you bet!
Easter Parade, … play on Sunday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkno7xdlt_8 Byker Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp7Y3JHA98c Old Smoothies. … when the Blackhawks are in town**
Talk about evil in the world Steve Goodman is exactly the opposite.
Yes, John Prine will be missed, one of the greatest poets and song writers of our time.
And yes, a style and delivery that carried the message of his songs perfectly.
I have been a fan pretty much from the very beginning of his career.
Sheldon