JOHN PRINE IN NORTH CAROLINA CONCERT REVIEWS

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
April 8, 2005

By: Radarcheryl
  Well y'all are in for a real treat this weekend! This was the liveliest Prine show I have seen in years. Perhaps it's the venue but last year in Roanoke it was a very, very quiet crowd and you were asked to enter and exit for the bathrooms in between songs. This venue served every alcohol beverage you could think of and you could even take it in the show! All I had was water but I needed some of those Depends y'all talk about because I had to go to the potty about 5 times and to smoke in between RB Morris and JP.   
  We had front row seats until they set up 3 rows of lunch room chairs in front of us. I was in seat A7. My lucky number! Center stage. In awe of all 3 men on stage. They were lively and energetic. They seemed to feed off the crowd being so into the show. I had an extra ticket I sold for 40 bucks. (9.50 under cost) The guy didn't sit in the seat very much, I guess he went up in the nose bleed section with his friends, which I didn't understand. 
  Anyway some of y'all wanted a set list, so I tried to do one for you. If the song titles aren't right, you will know which one I mean. There was a total of 7 of us Gooseheads/Prineheads in the audience. And we even had seats very close to each other. John did 24 songs and here they are with small comments on some of them: 

  Awesome show, wish some of y'all had of been there. Maybe next time. The Thomas Wolfe is a great place for JP. It was a packed house, although not sold out, much to my surprise. Love and hugs from TN P.S. Sorry for rambling. I bought 3 CD's (already gave them away, except for my copy) a shirt and a hat. Whew, was thrilled to get the new CD! Love all of it.

By: Gerry Gac
I just got back from the Asheville show last night. I first saw John in N.Y.C. in 1972 at a club long since gone called the Bitter End. That first show was a revelation and each of 50 odd shows I have seen since, including last nights, continue that tradition. From the opening chords of Spanish Pipedream to the final encore of Paradise (with R.B. Morris) the show was classic Prine. He rolled out some old chestnuts, a rousing version of Flag Decal to a slowed version of Sweet Revenge including versions of the classics Mexican Home and Angel from Montgomery both of which still send chills up my spine (or is that down my spine, I dunno). From the new cd he played Glory of True Love, Crazy as a Loon, Long Monday, Taking a Walk, Some Humans Ain’t Human, She is My Everything and as a tribute to Johnny and June Cash, Bear Creek Blues. The show was great and all of you that have tickets for upcoming shows - your anticipation will be well rewarded. I played Fair and Square all the way home (Charlotte N.C.) this morning and it is chuck full of newly minted Prine classics. Besides the aforementioned new tunes played at the show the bonus live version of Other Side of Town is John at his best.

By: Tom Petrosino
We saw John last week in Asheville, NC - the start of his new tour. Bought a copy of his new CD "Fair and Square". The concert was wonderful and the CD is a 'must-have' for John Prine fans. He gets better with age.

By:  Carol Mallett Rifkin
John Prine is back for show at Wolfe By  April 7, 2005 12:37 p.m. 
Singer-songwriter John Prine plays Friday night at Wolfe Auditorium. 
It's been a while since the great singer-songwriter John Prine played Asheville - but he's back this weekend for a date at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. And for his many loving fans, it's reason to celebrate. 
...CITIZEN-TIMES: "You've been the voice of `everyman' for so long but where have you been? 
PRINE: "I've been on the road, we never quit that. I`ve been raising a family, I have a couple boys that are 9 and 10. They were born about the time that last record came out. I was 49 when I had my first child. Raising a family is really great, I love it but I have to set aside time to do everything, write a song or record. You get busy and before you know it nine years have gone by. 
Q: "I put the new record in last night and started listening and just started to smile because it was so John Prine again." 
A: "Oh, I'm glad; I produced it, with my engineer Gary Paczoza. I wanted a good sound that was like me." read more -http://orig.citizen-times.com/cache/article/take5_music/74291.shtml

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