Favoriting Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky: Playlist from April 8, 2020 Favoriting

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Twangs of all stripes and stuff that ends in -billy.

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Favoriting April 8, 2020: RIP John Prine 1946-2020

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Artist Track Album Label Approx. start time
John Prine  When I Get To Heaven   Favoriting The Tree of Forgiveness  Oh Boy  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Sam Stone   Favoriting John Prine  Atlantic  0:05:47 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Hello In There   Favoriting John Prine  Atlantic  0:10:02 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Clay Pigeons   Favoriting Fair and Square  Oh Boy  0:14:11 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Spanish Pipedream   Favoriting John Prine  Atlantic  0:19:41 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Sweet Revenge   Favoriting Sweet Revenge  Atlantic  0:21:05 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Souvenirs   Favoriting The Singing Mailman Delivers  Oh Boy  0:24:01 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Blue Umbrella   Favoriting Sweet Revenge  Atlantic  0:27:09 (Pop-up)
Bonnie Raitt  Angel From Montgomery   Favoriting Streetlights  Warner Bros.  0:31:58 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Dear Abby   Favoriting Sweet Revenge  Atlantic  0:35:24 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Onomatopeia   Favoriting Sweet Revenge  Atlantic  0:39:47 (Pop-up)
John Prine & Iris DeMent  In Spite Of Ourselves   Favoriting In Spite Of Ourselves  Oh Boy  0:42:06 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Grandpa Was A Carpenter   Favoriting Sweet Revenge  Atlantic  0:45:24 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Nine Pound Hammer   Favoriting Sweet Revenge  Atlantic  0:47:26 (Pop-up)
David Allan Coe  You Never Even Called Me By My Name   Favoriting Once Upon A Rhyme  Columbia  0:50:48 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Illegal Smile   Favoriting John Prine  Atlantic  0:55:45 (Pop-up)
John Prine  Summer's End   Favoriting The Tree of Forgiveness  Oh Boy  1:00:11 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  8:00pm
choggie:

YAAAYYYYYY, BECKY!
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melinda:

Hi Becky and everyone! Thanks for doing this.
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dale:

thanks for this becky.
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ultradamno:

Hi Becky, tonkies!

RIP Prine.

Of some interest to listeners of this show, I assume, Nikki Lane will be live performances every sunday for awhile on FB and YT twitter.com...
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khd:

rip, i only know a little prine, this opener is killer already
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Doug Schulkind:

Needing this bad, Becky. Blessings!
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Becky:

Hi everyone. I'm glad you're here with me.
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Brian in UK:

Saying thanks in advance, Becky.
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dale:

thought his passing would go unnoticed by the station. didn't expect a whole show.
  8:03pm
Martinibomb:

Hay low! Becky
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WR:

Becky, this opening selection hit the spot.
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Richard S:

Hello!
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Devin B.:

RIP. What a loss. Tearing up already.
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βrian:

Yep, this is the big one for me.
  8:04pm
Martinibomb:

I still don't know what to say either.
  8:04pm
P-90:

Greetings on this sad evening, Becky.
  8:05pm
ZeeBee:

I feel the the feelings giving me shivers. Prine taught a certain kind of love I am so forever grateful for.
  8:05pm
johnzo:

great song... just listened to it earlier when I heard. rip jp
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Yes:

Thank you Becky. Hello everybody
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Parq:

God, but this song is beautiful and harrowing.
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Phillippe Bastille:

Thank you Becky
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Corey:

Thanks for putting together this show, Becky. What a loss.
  8:07pm
choggie:

John Prine shares a birthday with my ex-wife. unfortunately, she still with us
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Mr. Pumpy:

Hi Becky...looking forward to some honky tonky for Prine!
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dale:

hello in there is a tearjerker.
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ericd:

Vodka and ginger ale in hand and tears in eyes.
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Richard S:

I have to confess I never heard of John Prine until this week....
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radioronan:

Thanks Becky. Last night was rough losing John Prine & Hal Willner within hours. Was looking forward to seeing John & Swamp Dogg at Apollo before this insanity started.
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ultradamno:

I think I'll substitute vodka for ginger ale to top off the vodka, but I'm in.
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melinda:

Someone somewhere pointed out that he wrote really well about loneliness.
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Gord:

Thanks for this, Becky.
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ottovonbqe:

I substituted bourbon for vodka and left out the ginger ale.
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JohnEBGood:

We Good Becky, I know I always have Jesus and My Radio Girl! Who Hooo!
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dale:

i wonder if he ever hung with townes van zandt.....
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Irene Trudel:

Thank you for this, Becky! Losing John Prine is really rough right now, expecially knowing he beat cancer. Love his commentaries on life.
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Brian in UK:

His compassion, understanding of the human condition and humour makes him stand out for me.
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melinda:

@dale he did, I was just reading about it in an old Rolling Stone article.
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ottovonbqe:

I wonder if he hung out with clay pigeon
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ultradamno:

I call the cocktail Tito's & Tito's. Tito's & Vox in a pinch.
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Brian in UK:

Like Bill Withers they both had lived in the real world before commiting to music.
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Jeezy:

I'd already made a Kingston Negroni so no ginger ale... but I'm def raising it to John! RIP
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I wonder if he hung out with listener Lyle, the trombonist.
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Becky:

Think, the next brilliant songwriter could have delivered your mail today.
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Phillippe Bastille:

The Singing Mailman
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Mungerphut:

Lovely set
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Handy Haversack:

Listening on the bathroom radio while I cook (in the kitchen). And crying. Jesus.

Thanks for this, Becky.
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ultradamno:

Mailmen round here started driving their little trucks up to each block. Is that a new policy? They'll never write the next Christmas In Prison that way.
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ericd:

When I lived in Norman, OK I had a whistling mailman. It was the same few notes everyday. I was convinced he was writing an album and was stuck on that song. When I heard JP's story I had a little laugh and as he did made me think off life.
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Becky:

I don't know about everyone else, but when I heard the news last night, I just absolutely lost it. I've kind of been keeping it together through all of this horror the last few weeks and hearing it had taken John just unleashed the waterworks.
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ultradamno:

My mom loved him, so it brought some of that up for me as well
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dale:

i'm so happy you are doing this. i really feel like fmu is too cool for school lately. you're giving me faith again.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi Becky! Thank you for doing this.
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βrian:

"pistols made out of wood."
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Same, Becky. And the last I heard John Prine was getting better. Devastating. This coming Sunday on CBS Sunday Morning they're going to show an old interview with him.
  8:24pm
yes:

I’m cooking or else I’d be chatting it up with y’all. Just want to say I love John prine . I love Fmu . And Im thankful for this community, always
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Devin B.:

Grateful for this tribute and for your health. Thanks Becky.
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melinda:

Souvenirs is such a beautiful song.
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slugluv1313:

good evening, Becky and everyone

thank-you so much for all the John Prine

i have loved him since i was a kid

his death hurts my heart so much
  8:25pm
zoran:

<3
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melinda:

I discovered him in college, his music reminds me of those formative years.
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Motobro:

God Speed John Prine
  8:26pm
castor:

Thank you so much Becky! I've been a big JP fan ever since a college professor gave me a burnt CD of his, and then so many radical folks I've befriended loved to sing his songs. But I was so disappointed that the Ken Burns Country Music doc didn't even mention him! I thought, is he really that peripheral to country? Definitely not! I'm glad he is getting the tribute he deserves.
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Corey:

I mean the horror of the virus and failed national leadership juxtaposed with this man's overflowing humanity. Too much.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Motobro!! Hi there, buddy!
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slugluv1313:

@ Becky -- same here -- i knew he was in the hospital, but was hoping he would be out soon
totally fell apart when i heard the news
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JohnEBGood:

Rereading my favorite novel, October Light by John Gardner.
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Motobro:

BOODS!!
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βrian:

And here's to Steve Goodman, while were at it. I think of those two as a team.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi there, Motobro!
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melinda:

@Brian yes.
  8:30pm
Haiku Henry:

Thanks for sharing all this great John Prine with us tonight, Becky.
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Motobro:

Love this song
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Brian in UK:

Yes, Steve Goodman, another with a steadfast sense of humour.
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melinda:

Streetlights is such a great album.
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ultradamno:

My favorite cover of Prine are Lightspeed Champion & Emmy The Great's Christmas In Prison and Those Darlins Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
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βrian:

Not Rome, New York, to be clear ...

Love that.
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slugluv1313:

i could not have been more than 12 or 13, but i bought Bette Midler's "Divine Miss M" when it came out (1972?) -- "Hello In There" killed me; i had to know more about the songwriter and find out if he had any records -- and i have been in love with Prine's creations ever since
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slugluv1313:

damn, Angel From Montgomery -- tearing up again
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melinda:

@slugluv I heard the Midler version first, too, didn't know it was his until much later.
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dale:

her delivery is pretty perfect slugluv - no argument there.
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Uncle Michael:

Thank you for this, Becky.
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Rich in Bay Ridge:

Thanks Becky. I don’t have words to reflect the magnitude of these losses we are experiencing.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Thanks for this, Becky!
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Handy Haversack:

@Becky (8:19): Yes. Yesterday I went down the tubes a bit, I gotta say. Too much at once.
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Motis:

Please stop spreading these malicious rumors about John Prine being dead!

JOHN PRINE CAN NEVER DIE.
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ultradamno:

It is pretty odd Burns didn't find space for him, especially since there was a whole chunk on humor in country music, Prine's gift for which, obviously, was singular and reverberates down through acts like Lyle Lovett and The Milk Carton Kids
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βrian:

Six-year-old doesn't understand why my face is leaking.
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Motobro:

Hi Boods, n Dale was driving home from wurk. Hope all is well ith all o youse guys n gals.

Boods this is the tune i was talking about this morning.
  8:42pm
ZeeBee:

The song of so many loves
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melinda:

This is so funny and good.
  8:43pm
JakeGould:

Hello all! This Iris DeMent duo is wonderful.
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Handy Haversack:

Kate and I keep crying in a perfectly good vegetarian sausage and peppers. Every damn day is what a day.

I can't stress enough that this a complaint aimed at the world. The music right now is perfect. Perfect.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

OH MY GOD! That's right, Motobro! I remember these lyrics from your morning post!!!
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βrian:

There's a John Cameron Swazey reference in that song.
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adampsyche:

good song
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radioronan:

The one, two gut punch got me yesterday. Didnt even get out of bed until noon today. Hal's last tweet was sending love out to John. alternately laughing and crying listening to this.. thanks Becky
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slugluv1313:

yes! In Spite of Ourselves is just so damn sweet!
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dale:

heard this on will the circle be unbroken II.
  8:45pm
Eli:

Last night's news nearly broke me. Been a rough 24. Glad to be hanging out here though. Thanks Becky and everyone.
  8:45pm
castor:

Honestly, having spent my teenage years listening to mostly punk and metal with a few exceptions, I think Prine is the one who got me more into country.
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Uncle Michael:

Grady Martin pickin' the daylights out of 'Grandpa' I think.
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Dano59:

Amazing to revisit that first album (I wore out on cassette, and now have a really beat-up LP)
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βrian:

"... and he hammered nails in planks. [neener, neener, neener]"
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jmd:

Terrific show, thanks Becky.
  8:47pm
tranewreck:

...thanks Becky. Saw JP five times over five decades. Big sigh.
speed of the sound of loneliness
  8:47pm
choggie:

I feel the same way about pawn shops.....
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Brian in UK:

Swell show, Becky.
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Uncle Michael:

oh dear
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dale:

he wrote for david allan coe?
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Becky:

hahahaha michael
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βrian:

Wait, I feel like I need to hear about Momma, railroads, and prison, now.
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doctorjazz:

In Spite of Ourselves, great album!
Missed most of this; will join the list of must listen archives.
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Mungerphut:

David Allan Coe lived in a cave
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Becky:

He was uncredited on this one, yeah. Because he thought it was a dumb novelty song. I have a real soft spot for it.
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slugluv1313:

@ dale, yes, i still adore Bette Midler's version -- early on, her interpretations were more guts and emotion, instead of all the schmaltzy stuff she did later
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for the heartfelt tribute, Becky. Stay well, ma'am.
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Uncle Michael:

I have Steve Goodman's story about this song from the live album burned into my brain.
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ottovonbqe:

wow - this is a great song. never would have guessed.
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melinda:

@Uncle Michael me too
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Hams:

saw coe perform last august in times square.
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Jude in JC:

Beautiful tribute Becky. ❤ Thank you.
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Becky:

let me let me let me let me
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Uncle Michael:

The only time I saw Steve and John was together.
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Corey:

Never knew Prine wrote this one! Clever enough to make sense. A staple of many late nights at the jukebox.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Slugluv1313 I think I'm going to have to listen to some of Midler's versions now
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Fuzzy:

In 1974, singer David Allan Coe achieved considerable success on the country charts with "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", co-written by Prine and Goodman. The song good-naturedly spoofs stereotypical country music lyrics. Prine refused to take a songwriter's credit and the tune went to Goodman, although Goodman bought Prine a jukebox as a gift from his publishing royalties
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ottovonbqe:

1974 - peak postmodernism.
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jmd:

Nice guitar work on the extra verse.
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Becky:

I'd give a lot of money for that jukebox.
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slugluv1313:

@ Brian -- "She smiled all the way down the aisle/While I cried all the way to the chair" :)
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Jeezy:

A bit surprised that nothing from Bruised Orange made the show... not that it was missed!
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Becky:

@Jeezy - There's always next week!
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Handy Haversack:

Becky, thanks so much. This meant a lot. Much, much appreciation.

And to BOARD OPS!
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βrian:

My sister's a nun, yo.
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slugluv1313:

thank-you so much for this beautiful tribute, Becky!
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doctorjazz:

I'll be playing Jesus, The Missing Years later..
Love Illegal Smile, though...an hour just isn't enough time.
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Chop Scott:

Thanks for this Becky--and the board ops!!
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Corey:

A lot of tears and smiles. Thanks Becky!
  8:57pm
castor:

<3<3<3
  8:57pm
steveL:

Storm coming in. On the porch until it gets too wet
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Jeezy:

I'll be there, Becky! Thanks for an amazing show...
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Becky!
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listener 126464:

Thanks Becky
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Uncle Michael:

Hoffman...great Chicago 7 trial reference.
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melinda:

@dr.jazz that's one of my favorites too
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Hams:

thanks for pullin' through, becky. though he's gone, it's sure nice to hear prine during these strange times.
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Marc Francis:

Thanks Becky. That was lovely.
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Fuzzy:

Thanks Becky!
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Irene Trudel:

So great! Thanks Becky!
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melinda:

Thanks Becky
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Devin B.:

Thank you!
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dale:

thanks becky!!
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βrian:

He voted for Eisenhower, cuz Lincoln won the war.
  8:59pm
Marley Dogg:

Thanks Becky!
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Scrappy:

Thank you, Becky!
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Motobro:

Thank you Becky. You did John righteous.
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Handy Haversack:

Oh jeez.
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Corey:

Oh man.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

I love this. It's heart
achingly beautiful.
  9:01pm
steveL:

Yes. Always brings tears. Thanks
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Handy Haversack:

You don't have to be alone.

Solidarity, everyone.
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Motobro:

Tears in my wife’s homemade turkey chili.
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Devin B.:

Holy shit this song. Sobbing. Thanks again.
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van chinski:

Thanks for this. I'm not very familiar with Prine, and this was lovely, and heartbreaking. That last song was amazing. You take care of yourself.
  9:03pm
sufferwords:

needed to lube my eyes
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Motobro:

Thank you Skeletons!!
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Scott W.! So nice to hear your voice!
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melinda:

Yes, thanks Scott too
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Night everyone!! Have a good night and stay safe my beloved buddies! Thank you Becky!! Sending you wishes for good health and blessings in abundance...
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Finally getting to this in the archives. Thanks, Becky, thanks WFMU. Thanks, John Prine! xoxox
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WR:

Yes, thanks again Becky!
  12:55pm
CR:

Great ep! Really shows Prine's range!
  10:53pm
Old Dave:

Saw him live mid-'70s.. Great show in Richmond VA.
Thanks for the tribute- Prine was the real deal! Sad he's gone.
  8:41am
RVCR:

SO SO happy you're doing this! Was truly hoping someone at the station would showcase his amazing talent. If you haven't you should do some live stuff where he tells a story before the song. He was an incredible storyteller too :)
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