Word: prine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Topics ranged widely, from the internal rhymes of John Prine to the difficulty of self-accompaniment to getting an inspiration at 3 a.m. The group talked about song form, about working through mediocre ideas and about the need to avoid preachiness. Various people also took out their guitars, ran through a song and waited for comments...
...country radio or a rock singer only on a rock station? I still don't understand why it's that big a deal." Earle may be the man to bring about this kind of crossover, but it's a hard job that has frustrated such gifted performers as John Prine and Joe Ely. Still, Earle has strong qualifications. He can sing Springsteen's spooky, poignant State Trooper and make it his own. He looks like the guy one stool over at the truck stop, with a Peterbilt cap and a waistline that has seen a little too much barbecue...
...chief obstacle to prosperity, Prine and others agree, is the federal deficit, which is expected to come to about $180 billion this year. The heavy federal borrowing needed to finance that deficit is certain to keep pressure on interest rates and the home-buying market. A meaningful reduction in the deficit, by contrast, could lay the foundation for a genuine housing boom...
...Hoping to squeeze out a few more screams (and mercilessly to drag the production out to full feature length) the story then goes on to an exorcism, when the mostly irrelevant Father Tom (Andrew Prine) risks his career, and his life, to wage war with the devil. Sonny's body serving as the battlefield...