Somebody posted this fine performance from the Jools Holland show on Facebook this morning and it reminded me when I first heard it I thought it was a tribute to John Prine as his was the first version I heard but it is written by the bass player from Chris Isaak's band Silvertone, Rowland Salley!
Lovely to see this version and great to spot the legendary T Bone Burnett on guitar here too
the author's version
Rowland Salley
where I heard it first - Pink Cadillac album by John Prine
NB. John was nothing if not generous with his time and attention and apart from from his support for younger artists which was a constant, (Sturgill Simpson, Kurt Vile, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves to name just a few) he covered songs by people we didn't necessarily know like Salley and Blaze Foley, Leon Payne and others besides.
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