hillbilly grandpa
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I lost a dear friend today, even though I never met him in person. He, and his songs, crossed paths with me on multiple occasions. John Prine was a fellow traveler with me on our sometimes painful and oftentimes really funny journey. He put the pithiness of life into colorful word pictures. I will continue to miss you for a long time.
Early in my relationship with my late wife I observed that she often cried when she heard John’s “Angel From Montgomery.” She never explained the tears, but later I grew to understand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtFCUIsl4Yc
At another time I heard for the first time John’s “Sam Stone.” It immediately brought back painful recollections of my brother’s life trek after he returned from Vietnam. And I cried. This song still brings tears; John wrote at the level of raw emotions. So in some ways he was my music therapist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtrALjg0-xQ
Now, a cruel disease has robbed us of a treasure. But before he left he gifted us with a happy, joyous, John-Prine-type send-off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EiV423j0M
God Speed my brother.
Early in my relationship with my late wife I observed that she often cried when she heard John’s “Angel From Montgomery.” She never explained the tears, but later I grew to understand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtFCUIsl4Yc
At another time I heard for the first time John’s “Sam Stone.” It immediately brought back painful recollections of my brother’s life trek after he returned from Vietnam. And I cried. This song still brings tears; John wrote at the level of raw emotions. So in some ways he was my music therapist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtrALjg0-xQ
Now, a cruel disease has robbed us of a treasure. But before he left he gifted us with a happy, joyous, John-Prine-type send-off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EiV423j0M
God Speed my brother.
