Another Song for a Sunday :: John Prine and Sturgill Simpson ' Speed of The Sound Of Lonliness'

 I noticed while linking another post to Sturgill Simpson that a video from YouTube of him covering a great John Prine number had been deleted and to make up for it posted this . . . . . . classic performance of them working together and is a perfect illustration of how much John appreciated the up and coming or the younger artists that crossed his path . . . . . . while sad in that you can clearly see how poorly he was towards the end this shows the indefatigable spirit of John was not going down without a battle and a song!

Sound of The Day :: ALABAMA 3 'The Speed of The Sound of Loneliness' (John Prine)

 ALABAMA 3

Cover John Prine

"Speed of The Sound of Loneliness"

What to say? Here's a sound of the day and I'll take a Prine cover any which way from Sturgill, to Kurt and Nanci to Alabama 3! 

Imagine this might challenge a few Americana purists!?

JOHN PRINE

'PICTURE SHOW'

LIVE BROADCAST ON 11TH JUNE 2020

John by Larry McCormack/The Tennessean

Well the live broadcast tribute to John is down now and I really miss it. I found the few vids below while searching but miss amongst the tracks still found sneaking around on YouTube all the  Jason Wilbur and John's band members especially the one with Kelsey Waldon but also the wonderful force of nature that is Kurt Vile covering 'Crazy as a Loon' with John Paul White, Jim James, Pat McLaughlin and Courtney Marie Andrews. I hope they are re-branding the performances somehow so we can visit them again but for the moment enjoy these while you still may (I imagine they will be taken down any time soon) Of these Sturgill's really moves me so much . . . . . . . 












“Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine” 
Livestream Setlist:

Hello In There (Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires)
Clocks and Spoons (Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires)
Burn One With John Prine (Kacey Musgraves)
Spanish Pipedream (Kacey Musgraves)
All The Best (Margo Price and Jeremy Ivey)
Caravan of Fools (Dan Auerbach, Pat McLaughlin and Dave Ferguson)
Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Brandi Carlile)
Mexican Home (John Dickerson — spoken word)
Grandpa Was A Carpenter (John Prine and family — archived footage)
Far From Me (Prine’s longtime band, Kenneth Blevins, David Jacques, Fats Kaplin and Jason Wilber, featuring Sara Watkins)
Some Things Never Get Old (Vince Gill)
Paradise (Jack Prine and Tommy Prine)
Souvenirs (The Secret Sisters with Ricky Rogers)
Illegal Smile (Todd Snider with members of Prine’s band)
In Spite of Ourselves (Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick)
Summer’s End (Rita Wilson)
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (Sturgill Simpson)
She Is My Everything (Eric Church)
Crazy As A Loon (Kurt Vile, John Paul White, Jim James, Pat McLaughlin and Courtney Marie Andrews)
Unwed Fathers (Kelsey Waldon with members of Prine’s band)
Angel From Montgomery (Bonnie Raitt)
When I Get To Heaven (John Prine recording)

Finshed with John singing new single song 'I Remember Everything'

The previous Struggle Simpson vid has disappeared which was a shame but here is this to make up for it and is John and Sturgill doing the Prine classic 'Speed of The Sound of Loneliness' together!