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COLORADO SHOWS

PARAMOUNT THEATRE, DENVER 9/22 

• FROM: Proud Priner Dave Cordle
  Heyyyyy how lucky, can one man get??? I saw the show in Cheyenne on Thurs. night, which was a treat in and of itself. Then I get to go to Denver Friday night and see another show. I was impressed with the show in Cheyenne and words can hardly describe how impressed I was with the show in Denver. First off Todd Snider put on another impressive performance. It's hard to believe all the people I heard who were saying things like...."Who's Todd Snider?? Where'd he come from?? I've never heard of this guy??....And then after he played, it was like....That guys great!! I need to buy some of his music!! He's great!! And that he is. I know that Todd picked up a lot of new fans in Denver Friday night.....And then John takes the stage and all hell breaks loose. I think a lot of people have been waiting for John to come to Denver for a long time....It was a great show is almost an understatement. To clinch the evening, when John introduced Iris, I personally almost went wild...It was the last thing that I, or anyone else for that matter, expected. Now, I want everyone to know that I love John Prine, and I really appreciate the fact that he made a go of it the night before and he did a duet with John Prine singing both parts of "In Spite of Ourselves." However, it's just not the same without Iris. The woman sings like an angel, and she seems very humble on stage. I'm so glad I got to see this show with Iris and I wish I could personally thank John for getting her to Denver. Like I said early on, I really believe that myself and all the fans at the Denver show are the lucky ones for getting the added surprise of Iris Dement. The only thing personally that I didn't like about the show...and again I say personally....the yelling and screaming "during" the songs is not to my liking. I say "give 'em hell" between songs, but let me listen to John and only John during songs. A little bit of hollering during a song is from time to time alright, but it almost seemed like a few people were having a contest to see how loud they could be. But enough of that...It was a great show non the less, and I want the whole Prine world to know it.......thanks again John....I'll see ya next time....
  
• FROM:Eddie (walking on thin air) W
      WOW!!!  Last Sunday I split my left index fingernail (probably won't be able to play guitar comfortably for a couple of weeks), yesterday I had to pay $900.00 to have my car fixed, yesterday I found out for sure I am diabetic, yesterday it rained and was in the forties all day, today it has snowed all day, we have about 2 inches on the deck.....am I upset? Heck no because yesterday John Prine came to Denver.
      But first Todd Snider, what a performer, I had never heard his music before but he had me hooked on the first song, I'm not sure of the title it had the lines:" …nothing to lose" and "can't complain" He sang 45 Miles, Out of Control?, Horse Shoe Lake, Just In Case, his song about going to Seattle to play in a grunge band who's gimmick was to refuse to play anything (very funny tune) and Keep Your Hands Off My Daughter (one I'm going to learn) and one or two others, I've got his CD on my list of things to buy.
      Then at about 9:00 MDT John Prine, Jason Wilbur and David Jacques took the stage, John didn't leave it (except for the `encore' break until a little after 11:00, or 28 songs later.
      The big surprise of the evening was Iris Dement. Her duet with John on Unwed Mothers was for me the highlight of a pretty bright evening. The band, Jason Wilbur and David Jacques was outstanding, David's bowing the big bass fiddle on Angel From Montgomery and Hello In There was eerie but beautiful and Jason's guitar playing was perfect, as was Johns. John's voice was great while he was singing; a little froggy while talking though, consequently there weren't long introductions to the songs. He played every song with either his Martin or the Gibson J-200. I really enjoyed Bear Creek; I had only heard of it from the list and was surprised at the song, not your typical Prine song, but we surely enjoyed as did John and the boys.
      My only disappointments on the evening were: 1) people who feel it necessary to whoop and whistle in the middle of songs such as Hello In There, Angel From Montgomery etc, doing that at the beginning and end of the song I understand, but.... 2) we were made to leave the auditorium about a half hour after the show was over. We were told John wasn't going to do a meet and greet, but after that show I don't blame him. I was just disappointed that he wasn't going to sign my 25-year-old John Prine Songbook. (We noticed last night that the price on the book is $3.95 (that's a pretty old book). I also noticed when John came back on for the encore and when he left he was limping. I hope that is nothing too serious.
      Iris was fantastic and John surely seemed to light up when singing with her. My wife and I both noticed her shyness and hesitancy to take the microphone. But her contributions to the show were fantastic especially on Unwed Mothers. Well I need to go now, there is about 3- 4 inches of snow on the deck now (that seems to be the preferred method of measuring snow here) but I don't mind cause: the finger will heal, the car is now set for another 100,000 miles, I can treat the diabetes and the rain and snow will eventually stop and next week it will be in the 70's again, and most importantly last night me and my best girl, Annie, had another chance to see and hear the best sing/songwriter on the planet, John Prine!    

  Oh yeah, here's the set list. Spanish Pipedream  6 O'clock News  Souvenirs  Fish & Whistle  Grandpa Was A Carpenter  Far From Me Wish You Love  Angel From Montgomery  You Got Gold  Dear Abbey  My Old Man (Steve Goodman)  That's The Way the World Goes Round  Illegal Smile  Sam Stone

  W/Iris Dement:  Milwaukee Here We Come  We're Not The Jet Set  Let's Invite Them Over Again  We Could  In Spite of Ourselves  Bear Creek  Ain't Hurting Nobody  Please Don't Bury Me  Sins of Memphisto  Hello In There  Lake Marie Encore:  w/Iris Dement Unwed Mothers  Sabu  w/ Jason, David, Iris and Todd  Paradise

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