Mudcat Café message #814941

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Thread #53065 Message #814941
Posted By: rangeroger
30-Oct-02 - 11:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: There's A Hole In Daddy's Arm
Subject: RE: There's A Hole In Daddy's Arm

as an adjunct to the quote Susanne posted above,when John Prine was at the Strawberry Music Festival in Spring of 1986, he did a songwriting workshop where he told the backgrounds of his songs.
He came up with the chorus to Sam Stone while he was a postman. He would deliver monthly veterans checks to homes and wonder what happened to the money.
rr