John Prine in Peoria, Illinois for a concert at the Civic Center Auditorium April 200

Prine show diary:

#5111/14/2019 - Punta Cana, DR
#5011/13/2019 - Punta Cana, DR
#4911/12/2019 - Punta Cana, DR
#4811/11/2019 - Punta Cana, DR

#4709/11/2019 - Morrison, CO

#4604/28/2018- Champaign, IL

#4511/11/2016 - Davenport, IA

#4403/12/2016 Nashville, TN

#4303/11/2016 Nashville, TN

#4211/01/2014 Milwaukee, WI

#4109/14/2013 Cedar Rapids, IA

#4012/18/2012 Nashville, TN

#3904/13/2012 Champaign, IL

#38 06/17/2011 Davenport, IA

#37 09/17/2010 Madison, WI

#36 05/13/2010 Maywood, IL

#35 09/12/09 Kansas City, MO

#3402/27/09 St Louis, MO

#3302/09/08 Whitewater, WI

#3203/10/07 Davenport, IA

#3108/26/06 Des Moines, IA

#3005/10/06 Madison WI

#2905/08/06 Wausau WI

#2801/28/06 St Louis, MO

#2710/01/05 Nashville, TN

#26, 2504/14-16/05 Atlanta, GA & Birmingham, AL

#2410/06/04 Des Moines, IA

#2304/23/04 Des Moines, IA

#22, 2103/26-27/04 Madison & Milwaukee WI

#2009/05/03 Champaign, IL

#1904/19/03 Cedar Rapids, IA

#1804/18/03 Peoria, IL

#1709/13/02 Kalamazoo, MI

#1605/19/02 Green Bay, WI

#1505/18/02 Rockford, IL

#1409/28/01 Lincoln NE

#11, 12, 134/4--7/01 Oshkosh, Milwaukee & Madison WI

#1009/29/00 Ames IA

# 902/26/00 Maywood, IL

# 811/20/99 Chicago, IL

# 711/13/99 Nashville, TN

# 6, 5, 406/07-10/99 Crushfest Madison, LaCrosse & Milwaukee, WI

# 308/16/97 Wogstock Indianapolis, IN

# 203/22/97 Peoria, IL

# 11995 My Prine Story & start of the Prine Shrine

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JOHN PRINE

April 18, 2003

Jim serenading the Prine Shriners

Eddy, Deni, Crusher

Pat McLaughlin

To save the day, Jim pulled out his guitar and serenaded us into a Prine mood. He was great and it was exactly what was needed - listening to some priming on some Prine songs with our new "cousins" as we readied ourselves for the show.

We arrived at the Civic Center about 7:30 - Ahhhhhhh, it was almost time.

Down went the lights, and surprisingly enough, a hush went over the crowd. Pat McLaughlin entered stage left, a cohort of Prine's - they wrote Daddy's Little Pumpkin along with several of John's newest tunes together. Pat's music is just wonderful from blues to bluegrass, and even better than hearing him is watching him play, I have no other way to describe it than a controlled, pickin' and grinning Joe Cocker style to it. He has these voluntary limb movements, not the kind that drive you nuts to watch, but the kind that makes you want to get up and join him. You just need to see and hear this man to understand just how truly talented he is. His set consisted of 9 absolutely fabulous songs that I hope are on a CD somewhere. Pat says he is from the Waterloo Iowa area and apologized to his first girlfriend in kindergarten, who might be in the audience that he was not too proud of some of the things he had done. His setlist was as follows - I have no idea what the real titles are, feel free to contact and correct me.

1. This old guitar? You can't take that from me?
2. Tiny Town, Little Child?
3. Julia?
4. Sure ain't no friendly bird
6. I might not? Kickin in your storm?
7. Bop and Weave? Now Look at You?
8. Baby ain't got no home
and he was done. with a wave he walked off. we stood and clapped for an encore and in an instant he was back out. "Opening acts can't play hard to get" he said. And he shared one more tune with us.
9. It's All Right To Be A Redneck.

I can see why John likes to tour and write with him. All I could think of, is why isn't this man more well known, he is a treasure by himself, songs full of humor, pain and wisdom. Prine really has the cream of the crop when he has an opener. I'd call Pat, a whole gallon of sweet cream. If you get the chance to catch his show anywhere, I promise you won't regret it.