Saturday May 17, 2008 - JOHN PRINE with guest Minton Sparks at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, GA. back-up musicians: Jason Wilber & Dave Jacques

By: Jeff in Atlanta
John was great as usual. It was my first time at the Cobb Energy Center. Minton Sparks was great. I really enjoyed seeing her live. As you can see from the previous review, the set list was awesome. I have seen John in Atlanta the last six times in Atlanta and he always seems to open with Spanish Pipedream. John play five by himself, including Clay Pigeons ( awesome song) , Great Compromise, Dear Abbey, Other Side of Town, and Sam Stone. Bear Creek was very uptempo and the band and crowd seemed to like the performance. The Encores of In Spite of Ourselves ( not the same without the Iris duet) and Paradise ended a great show. The only bummer was the loud, obnoxious guy in the balcony who kept yelling at John during songs, he shouted one time " John, what you going to do with that Stratocaster" just before John played Bear Creek..... All in all a great show, I just wish John could of played my favorite, Storm Windows I have seen John about 20 times live over the years, and to me, he just gets better with age. Thank you John Prine! - Jeff in Atlanta

By: Spence
I went to see John last night in Atlanta and it was, as always, incredible. The venue was very nice, but I missed 90% of Minton Sparks due to the lack of planning on the part of the venue as far as getting beer, etc. to the patrons in a fashionable manner. Anyway, it was awesome. John seemed to be having fun and his voice was great. I wrote the setlist down if anyone wants it:

Thanks, John. We love you.

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