Here is a few minutes of your life you will never get back. Please feel free to skip this song intro!

The year was 1971. My friend and I had landed a gig at the Earl of Old Town in Chicago. There

was an upstairs room which was the main stage. In order to play there you had to first play the

afternoons at the downstairs bar. We had just started to play when Prine and Steve Goodman

walked in carrying their guitar cases. They had both just landed record deals in NY and

were now considered royalty among the folk community. Prine walks by on his way upstairs he

stops and says to us “sounds good guys”. That was the extent of it.

Fast forward 10 yrs. I take a job driving a truck in Maywood, Ill Prine’s hometown. A guy that

worked there named Noel Huff was Prine’s best childhood friend. He kept telling me that he

would take me over to Prine’s house when he got back from touring. But as luck would have it

he never stopped touring and when he did come back I had moved on.

Fast forward 20 yrs. I was driving up to Chicago, stopped and looked at the map and realized

I was 20 miles from Paradise, Ky. I had to go. After looking around which took all of 5 minutes, I

hit the road armed with a shoebox full of CD’s. I listened to nothing but John Prine for the next

7 hours.

When I first joined the forum Charlie Fogle wrote a song using song titles from my catalogue.

He sent me the lyrics and a SGU and I sang and played guitar. When I was thinking about this

song I thought I’d steal Charlie’s idea. The highlighted lyrics are all Prine song titles. Thanks in

advance for giving it a listen, Tom


THE HANDSOME JOHNNY


JOHN'S SIGNATURE COCKTAIL
INGREDIENTS
1 TO 2 0ZS - VODKA. RED SMIRNOFF (NOT BLUE)
GINGER ALE - JOHN RECOMMENDS
DIET GINGER ALE, NOT REGULAR.
YOU DON'T WANT IT TOO SWEET.
LEMON - IN THE SUMMERTIME
LIME - IN THE WINTERTIME
INSTRUCTIONS
FILL A COCKTAIL GLASS WITH ICE
POUR IN VODKA
POUR IN DIET GINGER ALE
STIR AND DROP THE LEMON OR LIME IN FROM
APPROXIMATELY 6" ABOVE, DO NOT SQUEEZE IT.

RealTracks 2474:Bass, Acoustic, Held Ev 085
RealTracks 3390:Mandolin, Soloist BalladPopTremoloAndy Ev 065
RealTracks 3497:Bass, Acoustic, AmericanaMountain16thsA Ev16
RealTracks 2033:Mandolin, Soloist CountryAndy Ev 065
RealTracks1601:Mandolin, Rhythm Pop16Melodic Ev 065
Royalty Free Loops
Recorded in Logic Pro X
Plug Ins : Nectar 3, Neutron 4, Ozone 10, Tonal Balance, Waves LinMB, Waves, L3-LL Multi Limiter, Logic Pro Metering, Scuffam Amps S-Gear, Waves Vocal Rider, Waves BB Tubes

Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Vocals, Tom Adams

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Ridin With John Prine


Vodka and ginger ale yeah we had a few

Someone said They Ought To Name A Drink After You

Call it a Handsome Johnny for the leader of the band

Now the Souvenir cup is collectable from what I understand


Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore

But there’s an Angel from Montgomery waiting right outside your door

Spanish Pipedream on the radio it’s been quite the ride

From Paradise to Chicago with John Prine


We passed hot dog stands and taverns lit with Old Style signs

Wasted nights at the dairy queen with an Illegal Smile

There’s Donald and Lydia and the ghost of Sam Stone

Yeah I Remember Everything since the day I was born



Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore

But there’s an Angel from Montgomery waiting right outside your door

Spanish Pipedream on the radio it’s been quite the ride

From Paradise to Chicago with John Prine



Last edited by tommyad; 02/17/23 02:45 PM.