Bei You-Tube gibt's ein legendäres Prine-Cover von His Bobness, leider in sehr schlechter Tonqualität:

Bob Dylan - Roma 1991 - People Putting People Down

rom 91, was für ein schön-schräges konzert!

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"We know that rock'n'roll was not a human invention, that it was the work of the Holy Ghost."
(Nick Tosches)

Ja. - John Prine hat berichtet, wie er den Mitschnitt von Dylans Rom-Auftritt bekommen und His Bobness davon erzählt hat:

"It's the only defense some people have. As long as you got somebody to look down on, you ain't on the bottom. So cold. I have a tape a kid gave me at a radio show last year. I came out to the parking lot after the show, and there was the usual crowd. This mailman walked up to me and whispers, "You want to hear a tape of Bob Dylan doing one of your songs?" I said, "Sure!" He hands me a tape from Rome, Italy, with Dylan doing about 30 Dylan songs and "People Puttin' People Down." Great version too. Incredible. So I saw Dylan last year and told him about this tape. And he goes, "Where did you get it? Where'd you get it?" I told him a mailman gave it to me. I'm sure he believed that." ~John Prine

Hier gibt's das entsprechende mp3-File zum Anhören und Download:
Bob Dylan People Putting People Down (live 1991 Rome) mp3
http://www.filestube.com/9d353114422...9/details.html

Ein literarisches Gespräch mit John Prine in Spitzen-Bild und Ton-Qualität und mehreren Soloauftritten von John Prine

Singer-Songwriter John Prine To Join Poet Laureate Ted Kooser in Conversation on March 9
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2005/05-022.html

John Prine and Ted Kooser

http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3677

Auch als MP3-File:

A Literary Evening with John Prine and Ted Kooser - March 9, 2005
The Poet and the Poem. From the Library of Congress. Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate (56 min) fisher:

https://www.elvisnachrichten.de/audio_video/01-Track-01.mp3

and

https://www.elvisnachrichten.de/audio_video/01-Track-02.mp3

Die MP3-Dateien sind Texte von Ted Kooser, nicht von Prine.

Das literarische Gespräch zwischen Ted Kooser und John Prine, bei dem Prine ein halbes Dutzend seiner Lieder (Paradise, Your Flag Decal won't get You, Hello in There, Sam Stone etc.) spielt, ist sehr interessant.

Unter dem folgenden Link gibt es eine MP3-Datei mit einem historischen Prine-Interview vom Dezember 1971, bei dem Prine auch einige seiner Lieder (Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore, Hello In There, Sam Stone) live im Radiostudio spielt.

John Prine - John Prine Interview - WGLD 12-19-71 .mp3
http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=...+WGLD+12-19-71

Besonders hörenswert ist auch Nick Spitzers knapp zweistündiges John Prine-Radioporträt, bei dem Prine über sein Leben und seine Lieder spricht. Der folgende Link führt zum detaillierten Inhaltsverzeichis der Sendung, die eben dort in sehr guter Tonqualität nachzuhören ist.

American Routes Appearances: John Prine
August 13th, 2008 ~ Join us for a two-hour visit with John Prine as he walks us through his life--from urban Illinois backwards to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky--and catalog. For over 35 years, the singer and guitarist has written and performed songs which present a slightly off-kilter and darkly humorous look at working class America. We'll also talk agitprop with the man who has written Vietnam-era protest songs like "Take the Star Our of the Window" and "Sam Stone," and environmental broadsides such as "Paradise." There's also performances of Prine's songs by others and more in this two-hour visit with one of America's leading songwriters.
http://americanroutes.publicradio.or...543/john-prine

Es ist übrigens schade, dass Johnny Cash bei seiner Interpretation von Sam Stone die Zeile "Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose" durch Harmlosigkeiten, wie "Daddy must have hurt a lot back then, I suppose" bzw. "Daddy must have suffered a lot back then, I suppose" ersetzt und damit die verzweifelte Kritik des Refrains massiv (ab)geschwächt hat.