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Thread #86310 Message #1604951
Posted By: Chris in Wheaton
14-Nov-05 - 04:54 PM
Thread Name: When Did You First Hear John Prine??
Subject: RE: When Did You First Hear John Prine??
Right - the story is that Steve took Paul Anka and Kris to see John and John had fallen asleep waiting for them. Went to the Fred Holstein memorial concert last night at the Old Town School - Ed, the great Jim Craig and Mark Dvorak (doing songs from his new cd). Ed said that the first time he and Fred sang in public was at the Fickle Pickel - on Welles, the block south of Earl's. It was not a listening room, and one time (maybe '63 or so) there were these two guys, singing "Marching to Pretoria" - since I had been listening to Bob Gibson on the Midnight Special - I said these guys will never get anywhere - they were the Smothers Brothers! Chris in Wheaton