# John Prine fans - have you seen this short documentary on him? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336 "2016-04-16T03:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/1 "2016-04-16T03:51:59Z")
John Prine is the main subject of a recent half hour documentary that aired a few months ago. I hadn’t realized the extent of the cancer diagnosis and treatment he went through, and I’m grateful to have him still with us and still performing at the age of 69. The video intersperses some cuts of a young and middle-aged Prine with other footage of Prine how he looks and sounds today, along with some interesting reflections on his life and music. The man is a national treasure. [LINK](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-john-prine-folk-singer-documentary-ae-0207-20160203-column.html) (the Prine stuff starts around 11 minutes in) mmm ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/2 "2016-04-16T04:20:35Z")
Thanks for that. Wish Steve Goodman was around too. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/3 "2016-04-16T04:25:30Z")
Clumping him in with the other two stories seemed like a reach, especially for such a short feature, but I’ll take my Prine where I can get it. I think my favorite album of his is _In Spite Of Ourselves_, mostly cover tunes duet-ing (is there a gerund verb for “duet”?) with female singers. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/4 "2016-04-16T04:52:34Z")
No, but I will, as he is my god. There’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes… Shakespeare would stand in awe. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/5 "2016-04-16T05:53:06Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > No, but I will, as he is my god. > > There’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes… > > Shakespeare would stand in awe. What a lyric. When I heard that, I became a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/6 "2016-04-16T12:22:32Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Clumping him in with the other two stories seemed like a reach, especially for such a short feature, but I’ll take my Prine where I can get it… My thoughts exactly. What we need is a feature length Prine documentary. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/7 "2016-04-16T12:44:01Z")
I saw him live in 1988 or '89 in a small club in San Juan Capistrano, California. Excellent show. Love his lyrics. “Well we’d go out on Saturday evenings To the drive-in on Route 41 And it was there that I first suspected That she was doin’ what she’d already done” ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/8 "2016-04-16T13:06:13Z")
I’ve seen him multiple times including a small show at his HS alma mater where he talked about growing up in the area. I try to not miss any of his shows but there is a big labor dispute with the biggest production company in Chicago right now. Hopefully it’s resolved by the fall show. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/9 "2016-04-16T18:16:35Z")
Well, since we’re spouting lyrics… _Well, I sat there at the table and I acted real naive For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve_ -Spanish Pipedream mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336/10 "2016-04-16T19:17:57Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > I’ve seen him multiple times including a small show at his HS alma mater where he talked about growing up in the area. 50/50 chance we were at the same show. Afterwards, we drove past his boyhood home. I don’t go to see him anymore - just hard after having seen him so many time. I remember the first time i saw him 30 or so years ago. Arlo opened for him with a full band. John played solo, with nothing but a card table with a bottle and a pack of smokes.