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Thread #86310 Message #1714686
Posted By: Genie
10-Apr-06 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: When Did You First Hear John Prine??
Subject: RE: When Did You First Hear John Prine??
Does this count? In 1975 I heard a folk duo, Tom and Theresa, in Corvallis, OR, sing the song "Paradise," which I later learned was by John Prine. Sometime around that time -- can't recall whether it was a bit earlier or a bit later -- I was at a song circle or such and (talk about mondegreens!) someone said referred (I thought) to the song "Flying to Cal" (which I took to mean "California"). You can prob'ly figure out which John Prine they actually named (and sang). It was years before I actually heard John Prine himself -- on Austin City Limits, for one place. I've never had the privilege of hearing him live.