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Now I know this will infuriate some but....
Without the covers that Jimmy does (which I might add I think are 99% fantastic) I would not know:

The beautiful music of Jesse Winchester
The fabulous story of Steve Goodman's life
John Prine...oh, John Prine
a Greatful dead revival-I kind of missed the first time around
Randy Crawford
Bruce Cockburn
and oh so many more!

so...THANK YOU JIMMY for expanding my world!

Would you know how to get stoned though???

I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

Paradise, Cincinnati, 6/18/2002

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

Chorus:
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Repeat Chorus:

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

Repeat Chorus:

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester d*m
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

Repeat Chorus:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

you are correct...through association as far as John Prine goes. I think that started with Souveniers which Jimmy did/John Prine did/Steve Goodman wrote.
I guess this is my point. I would not have known about any of these other performers were it not for Jimmys covers/references etc.

You are quite right! Jimmy (mostly) has great taste in covers and usually gives full credit to the original artists, too.

wannabejane wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

you are correct...through association as far as John Prine goes. I think that started with Souveniers which Jimmy did/John Prine did/Steve Goodman wrote.
I guess this is my point. I would not have known about any of these other performers were it not for Jimmys covers/references etc.

see above, you were right the first time

Thanks, Jimmy, for SPIDER JOHN and NORTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN. You've kept the dream alive.

East Texas Parrothead wrote:Thanks, Jimmy, for SPIDER JOHN and NORTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN. You've kept the dream alive.

Why did I know this was coming?

LIPH wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

Paradise, Cincinnati, 6/18/2002

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

Chorus:
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Repeat Chorus:

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

Repeat Chorus:

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester d*m
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

Repeat Chorus:

OMG! Larry, I did NOT know JB did that one in concert! (I should have waited before I sucked it up about john prine through association). Now I absolutely must get a copy of that! Thanks for trying to save me there

LIPH wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

Paradise, Cincinnati, 6/18/2002

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

Chorus:
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Repeat Chorus:

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

Repeat Chorus:

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester d*m
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

Repeat Chorus:

Cool! Thanks. Still waiting for Jimmy to do "Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian"

23 skidoo wrote:

LIPH wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

Paradise, Cincinnati, 6/18/2002

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

Chorus:
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Repeat Chorus:

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

Repeat Chorus:

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester d*m
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

Repeat Chorus:

Cool! Thanks. Still waiting for Jimmy to do "Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian"

That is so funny! I have always thought Jimmy would do that one some day in one of his Hawaii concerts.

wannabejane wrote:

LIPH wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

Paradise, Cincinnati, 6/18/2002

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

Chorus:
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Repeat Chorus:

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

Repeat Chorus:

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester d*m
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

Repeat Chorus:

OMG! Larry, I did NOT know JB did that one in concert! (I should have waited before I sucked it up about john prine through association). Now I absolutely must get a copy of that! Thanks for trying to save me there

Ditto that. I would love to hear Jimmy's version. For the record, John Prine is about the ONLY artist that I'll camp out to get the 12:01am sale version of a new album. Also the only other artist I can say I've seen 30+ times in concert.

~~~~ surfpirate (a definitive Prinehead)

wannabejane wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

you are correct...through association as far as John Prine goes. I think that started with Souveniers which Jimmy did/John Prine did/Steve Goodman wrote.
I guess this is my point. I would not have known about any of these other performers were it not for Jimmys covers/references etc.

Neat how everything comes full circle. I was listening to John Prine before Jimmy, but only recently started getting into Steve, wish I had started along time ago- he's got some wonderful music.

surfpirate wrote:

wannabejane wrote:

LIPH wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

Paradise, Cincinnati, 6/18/2002

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

Chorus:
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Repeat Chorus:

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

Repeat Chorus:

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester d*m
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

Repeat Chorus:

OMG! Larry, I did NOT know JB did that one in concert! (I should have waited before I sucked it up about john prine through association). Now I absolutely must get a copy of that! Thanks for trying to save me there

Ditto that. I would love to hear Jimmy's version. For the record, John Prine is about the ONLY artist that I'll camp out to get the 12:01am sale version of a new album. Also the only other artist I can say I've seen 30+ times in concert.

~~~~ surfpirate (a definitive Prinehead)

Me too! Unfortunately I have only seen him twice. (You have to get the 4 "Fair And Square" bonus tracks, if you don't already have them-they're great!

LIPH wrote:

East Texas Parrothead wrote:Thanks, Jimmy, for SPIDER JOHN and NORTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN. You've kept the dream alive.

Why did I know this was coming?

I'm nothing if not predictable.

wannabejane wrote:Now I know this will infuriate some but....
Without the covers that Jimmy does (which I might add I think are 99% fantastic) I would not know:

The beautiful music of Jesse Winchester
The fabulous story of Steve Goodman's life
John Prine...oh, John Prine
a Greatful dead revival-I kind of missed the first time around
Randy Crawford
Bruce Cockburn
and oh so many more!

so...THANK YOU JIMMY for expanding my world!

DITTO!!!!

23 skidoo wrote:Me too! Unfortunately I have only seen him twice. (You have to get the 4 "Fair And Square" bonus tracks, if you don't already have them-they're great!

Four (4)? I have the two (2) bonus tracks that I know of from the CD:

track 13 - "Other Side Of Town" (great song)
track 14 - "Safety Joe"

Ther were two others?

~~~~~~ surfpirate

wannabejane wrote:

LIPH wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:I agree with you pretty much on that, but did I miss one somewhere- I don't know of any John Prine songs he's covered. Or did you mean that you learned of John's music through the Jimmy/ Steve Goodman association?

Paradise, Cincinnati, 6/18/2002

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

Chorus:
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Repeat Chorus:

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

Repeat Chorus:

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester d*m
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

Repeat Chorus:

OMG! Larry, I did NOT know JB did that one in concert! (I should have waited before I sucked it up about john prine through association). Now I absolutely must get a copy of that! Thanks for trying to save me there

i was at this show. it was very cool to hear jimmy do this song especially since i am from ky and for several years lived pretty close to the area this song is about.

surfpirate wrote:

23 skidoo wrote:Me too! Unfortunately I have only seen him twice. (You have to get the 4 "Fair And Square" bonus tracks, if you don't already have them-they're great!

Four (4)? I have the two (2) bonus tracks that I know of from the CD:

track 13 - "Other Side Of Town" (great song)
track 14 - "Safety Joe"

Ther were two others?

~~~~~~ surfpirate

Oh Boy Records recently released "Fair And Square" on vinyl as a double LP. To round it out to four full album sides they added four bonus tracks. These are in addition to the two you mentioned. On John's birthday earlier this month, they made them available as downloads at Itunes. Best $3.96 I ever spent! Here's the titles:
1. "Carousel Of Love"
2. "That's Alright By Me"
3. "That's How Every Empire Falls"
4. "Dual Custody"
You should stop by the Prine Shrine and visit with us over there. We have alot of fun, but not nearly as many members as here.
PS "Dual Custody" is one JP's funniest songs ever!