Episode #235: Failing In Prine Time

Still life with John Prine tribute album.

Howdy folks:

Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 235. This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike. Click the player above to listen.

Let’s say there’s a person whose work altered the course of your life in the best possible way. Let’s say that person is a songwriter, and one day you are given the opportunity to perform one of that man’s songs for him and a couple thousand strangers.

And then let’s say you muff it.

Then what?

I hope you enjoy this episode and the related images below. Thank you for listening.

Mike

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The album mentioned in today’s episode.

The liner notes…

The event in question.

My friend Gene (L), right around the time he introduced me to John Prine’s music via basement boombox. I have no idea what we were doing here. I think I was trying to come up with some comedy album concept. I can’t imagine why we didn’t become stars. My brother John made that skunk hat out of a real skunk.

And here’s a phone video of the performance described in this week’s episode.

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MARGINALIA

Prine in Population 485.

Gene, Prine, and the basement darts, from a passage in Population 485.

The Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows liner notes, referenced in Visiting Tom.

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