From the desk of the Redoubtable - Alan Bershaw
the last songs . . . . .
Alan Bershaw
who says: "That big stash of Capitol Theatre shows that recently surfaced didn’t just contain uncirculated footage of jambands and classic rock artists, but most thankfully THIS, which damn near qualifies as a national treasure!This may even be the last professionally shot concert footage of John Prine ever, captured live at The Capitol Theatre in Portchester, NY on April 12, 2019 - just shy of a year before his death. There’s a bunch of cell phone footage from his final year, but nothing I’ve ever seen that can touch this. John was ailing plenty at that point, but he is so fully engaged in this performance, it’s inspiring to see.He played for well over two hours, and this is the wonderful tail end of it, with better audio now synchronized. The songs speak for themselves and what songs they are! Nobody addressed the human condition in song better than John.Lake Marie When I Get to Heaven ParadisePersonnel: John Prine - guitar, lead vocals Courtney Marie Andrews - vocals Fats Kaplan - pedal steel, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals Jason Wilbur - guitar, vocals Dave Jacques - bass, vocals, kazoo Ken Blevins - drums
Except it always raises a tear but heck he could still cut it right til the end
We miss you JP!
One result of "A Complete Unknown" is that its motivating people to investigate or re-investigate Dylan's early catalogue. Its likely doing the same for Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Johnny Cash to some degree. Nothing but good can come of that!A few weeks ago, the best transfer of this footage that I've ever seen coincidentally came my way. I'll let Joan speak for herself, if this doesn't get muted or removed again...
from his Facebook page comes this wonderful version