Please  feel  free  to  drop   us  a  line  with  your  review . . .
SIX O'CLOCK NEWS
UPDATED 06/25/02
I GOT EXCITED JUST BEING PART OF THAT SCENE
REVIEWS OF THE
JOHN PRINE IN NEW JERSEY SHOWS

• FROM: THEBIGBLUEDOG
  The show suffered from a really piss-poor sound mix and more than average board screw ups. The stage lighting was like a bad high school play . The band, on a bright note, was tight and had a nice crowd feel. The crowd were chromosomal prine-a-philes and everyone seem to enjoy. John's voice was strong and on during the show and he stayed on stage the entire 2 hour set. I've seen the man a bunch since the 70's and this one was from the heart and a good one.
• FROM: Joe
  The show was a little weird. The hall was good, intimate, good sight lines...but, the sound was off. Don't know if it was the hall or the equipment, but... get to that later.
      Todd Snider is an odd dude. He pulls it off though and turned out to be entertaining. Prine called him out for the encore and even let him sing a verse.
      The song selection was good, a bit subdued probably by design, but he hit enough "best of" tunes w/a good mix of new and old. John seemed worn out. His voice was shot, he had little energy and had to sip water before starting every song. His jokes and quips seemed old, and I think he knew it. His best line came when he tried to quiet an annoying woman yelling, "hello in there" (kinda like yelling freebird at a skynyrd show)..he said, "I know em all".
      Now to the equipment. He blows a speaker during Lake Marie, the only song that was really rocking. Then, he goes off and comes back on like nothing happened and starts Paradise even though nobody could hear it. (I mean, nobody). The sound finally came back mid song and the rest was fine.
      all in all the show was good, a little subdued and odd.
• FROM: Greg Schmidt
   The venue was old with alot of character and the sound was fantastic. Oh Boy recording artist Todd Snider came out to open the show and a did a fantastic job coming back for an encore at the end. The crowd really took to him. Then John came out, opened with Spanish Pipedream and did one hell of a show for 2 hours. A fuse blew during Lake Marie but John started Paradise without the power on and people were wondering what he was doing since no one could hear anything till they got the technical problem corrected. John sounded great as usual and commented about playing in the enchanted forest due the backdrop of trees that was set up behind him. A totally enjoyable evening with an enthusiastic crowd give John a couple of Standing O's. Hope he comes back this way again.

"YEAH LITTLE BUDDY GONNA GET YOUR CHANCE -
MAKE THE PUBESCENTS ALL WET THEIR PANTS"