I saw Prine the other night on a replay of "Sessions at West 54th" on PBS. He told the interviewer, John Hiatt, about going down the the Olde Town School in Chicago while he was still a postman and taking various folk and songwriting things. He mentioned then about going to a club across the street for his first public performance on open mic night and singing three songs he had written. After hearing him, they hired him as a regular of sorts.

The three songs were "Paradise," "Sam Stone," & "Hello In There." No wonder they hired him.


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