WFMU: Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky: Playlist from April 8, 2020

Listener comments!
	8:00pm choggie: YAAAYYYYYY, BECKY!
	8:00pm melinda: Hi Becky and everyone! Thanks for doing this.
	8:01pm dale: thanks for this becky.
	8:01pm ultradamno: Hi Becky, tonkies! RIP Prine. Of some interest to listeners of this show, I assume, Nikki Lane will be live performances every sunday for awhile on FB and YT twitter.com...
	8:01pm khd: rip, i only know a little prine, this opener is killer already
	8:01pm Doug Schulkind: Needing this bad, Becky. Blessings!
	8:02pm Becky: Hi everyone. I'm glad you're here with me.
	8:02pm Brian in UK: Saying thanks in advance, Becky.
	8:03pm dale: thought his passing would go unnoticed by the station. didn't expect a whole show.
	8:03pm Martinibomb: Hay low! Becky
	8:03pm WR: Becky, this opening selection hit the spot.
	8:04pm Richard S: Hello!
	8:04pm Devin B.: RIP. What a loss. Tearing up already.
	8:04pm βrian: Yep, this is the big one for me.
	8:04pm Martinibomb: I still don't know what to say either.
	8:04pm P-90: Greetings on this sad evening, Becky.
	8:05pm ZeeBee: I feel the the feelings giving me shivers. Prine taught a certain kind of love I am so forever grateful for.
	8:05pm johnzo: great song... just listened to it earlier when I heard. rip jp
	8:05pm Yes: Thank you Becky. Hello everybody
	8:06pm Parq: God, but this song is beautiful and harrowing.
	8:07pm Phillippe Bastille: Thank you Becky
	8:07pm Corey: Thanks for putting together this show, Becky. What a loss.
	8:07pm choggie: John Prine shares a birthday with my ex-wife. unfortunately, she still with us
	8:08pm Mr. Pumpy: Hi Becky...looking forward to some honky tonky for Prine!
	8:08pm dale: hello in there is a tearjerker.
	8:10pm ericd: Vodka and ginger ale in hand and tears in eyes.
	8:10pm Richard S: I have to confess I never heard of John Prine until this week....
	8:11pm radioronan: Thanks Becky. Last night was rough losing John Prine & Hal Willner within hours. Was looking forward to seeing John & Swamp Dogg at Apollo before this insanity started.
	8:11pm ultradamno: I think I'll substitute vodka for ginger ale to top off the vodka, but I'm in.
	8:11pm melinda: Someone somewhere pointed out that he wrote really well about loneliness.
	8:12pm Gord: Thanks for this, Becky.
	8:12pm ottovonbqe: I substituted bourbon for vodka and left out the ginger ale.
	8:12pm JohnEBGood: We Good Becky, I know I always have Jesus and My Radio Girl! Who Hooo!
	8:12pm dale: i wonder if he ever hung with townes van zandt.....
	8:12pm Irene Trudel: Thank you for this, Becky! Losing John Prine is really rough right now, expecially knowing he beat cancer. Love his commentaries on life.
	8:12pm Brian in UK: His compassion, understanding of the human condition and humour makes him stand out for me.
	8:13pm melinda: @dale he did, I was just reading about it in an old Rolling Stone article.
	8:13pm ottovonbqe: I wonder if he hung out with clay pigeon
	8:14pm ultradamno: I call the cocktail Tito's & Tito's. Tito's & Vox in a pinch.
	8:15pm Brian in UK: Like Bill Withers they both had lived in the real world before commiting to music.
	8:16pm Jeezy: I'd already made a Kingston Negroni so no ginger ale... but I'm def raising it to John! RIP
	👻 8:16pm Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder if he hung out with listener Lyle, the trombonist.
	8:16pm Becky: Think, the next brilliant songwriter could have delivered your mail today.
	8:16pm Phillippe Bastille: The Singing Mailman
	8:16pm Mungerphut: Lovely set
	👻 8:17pm Handy Haversack: Listening on the bathroom radio while I cook (in the kitchen). And crying. Jesus. Thanks for this, Becky.
	8:18pm ultradamno: Mailmen round here started driving their little trucks up to each block. Is that a new policy? They'll never write the next Christmas In Prison that way.
	8:18pm ericd: When I lived in Norman, OK I had a whistling mailman. It was the same few notes everyday. I was convinced he was writing an album and was stuck on that song. When I heard JP's story I had a little laugh and as he did made me think off life.
	8:19pm Becky: I don't know about everyone else, but when I heard the news last night, I just absolutely lost it. I've kind of been keeping it together through all of this horror the last few weeks and hearing it had taken John just unleashed the waterworks.
	8:20pm ultradamno: My mom loved him, so it brought some of that up for me as well
	8:22pm dale: i'm so happy you are doing this. i really feel like fmu is too cool for school lately. you're giving me faith again.
	8:23pm Buddha of Suburbia: Hi Becky! Thank you for doing this.
	8:23pm βrian: "pistols made out of wood."
	8:24pm Buddha of Suburbia: Same, Becky. And the last I heard John Prine was getting better. Devastating. This coming Sunday on CBS Sunday Morning they're going to show an old interview with him.
	8:24pm yes: I’m cooking or else I’d be chatting it up with y’all. Just want to say I love John prine . I love Fmu . And Im thankful for this community, always
	8:24pm Devin B.: Grateful for this tribute and for your health. Thanks Becky.
	8:25pm melinda: Souvenirs is such a beautiful song.
	8:25pm slugluv1313: good evening, Becky and everyone thank-you so much for all the John Prine i have loved him since i was a kid his death hurts my heart so much
	8:25pm zoran: <3
	8:26pm melinda: I discovered him in college, his music reminds me of those formative years.
	8:26pm Motobro: God Speed John Prine
	8:26pm castor: Thank you so much Becky! I've been a big JP fan ever since a college professor gave me a burnt CD of his, and then so many radical folks I've befriended loved to sing his songs. But I was so disappointed that the Ken Burns Country Music doc didn't even mention him! I thought, is he really that peripheral to country? Definitely not! I'm glad he is getting the tribute he deserves.
	8:27pm Corey: I mean the horror of the virus and failed national leadership juxtaposed with this man's overflowing humanity. Too much.
	8:27pm Buddha of Suburbia: Motobro!! Hi there, buddy!
	8:27pm slugluv1313: @ Becky -- same here -- i knew he was in the hospital, but was hoping he would be out soon totally fell apart when i heard the news
	8:27pm JohnEBGood: Rereading my favorite novel, October Light by John Gardner.
	8:29pm Motobro: BOODS!!
	8:30pm βrian: And here's to Steve Goodman, while were at it. I think of those two as a team.
	8:30pm Buddha of Suburbia: Hi there, Motobro!
	8:30pm melinda: @Brian yes.
	8:30pm Haiku Henry: Thanks for sharing all this great John Prine with us tonight, Becky.
	8:31pm Motobro: Love this song
	8:32pm Brian in UK: Yes, Steve Goodman, another with a steadfast sense of humour.
	8:32pm melinda: Streetlights is such a great album.
	8:32pm ultradamno: My favorite cover of Prine are Lightspeed Champion & Emmy The Great's Christmas In Prison and Those Darlins Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
	8:35pm βrian: Not Rome, New York, to be clear ... Love that.
	8:35pm slugluv1313: i could not have been more than 12 or 13, but i bought Bette Midler's "Divine Miss M" when it came out (1972?) -- "Hello In There" killed me; i had to know more about the songwriter and find out if he had any records -- and i have been in love with Prine's creations ever since
	8:36pm slugluv1313: damn, Angel From Montgomery -- tearing up again
	8:36pm melinda: @slugluv I heard the Midler version first, too, didn't know it was his until much later.
	8:38pm dale: her delivery is pretty perfect slugluv - no argument there.
	8:39pm Uncle Michael: Thank you for this, Becky.
	8:40pm Rich in Bay Ridge: Thanks Becky. I don’t have words to reflect the magnitude of these losses we are experiencing.
	8:40pm Buddha of Suburbia: Thanks for this, Becky!
	👻 8:40pm Handy Haversack: @Becky (8:19): Yes. Yesterday I went down the tubes a bit, I gotta say. Too much at once.
	8:40pm Motis: Please stop spreading these malicious rumors about John Prine being dead! JOHN PRINE CAN NEVER DIE.
	8:40pm ultradamno: It is pretty odd Burns didn't find space for him, especially since there was a whole chunk on humor in country music, Prine's gift for which, obviously, was singular and reverberates down through acts like Lyle Lovett and The Milk Carton Kids
	8:41pm βrian: Six-year-old doesn't understand why my face is leaking.
	8:42pm Motobro: Hi Boods, n Dale was driving home from wurk. Hope all is well ith all o youse guys n gals. Boods this is the tune i was talking about this morning.
	8:42pm ZeeBee: The song of so many loves
	8:43pm melinda: This is so funny and good.
	8:43pm JakeGould: Hello all! This Iris DeMent duo is wonderful.
	👻 8:44pm Handy Haversack: Kate and I keep crying in a perfectly good vegetarian sausage and peppers. Every damn day is what a day. I can't stress enough that this a complaint aimed at the world. The music right now is perfect. Perfect.
	8:44pm Buddha of Suburbia: OH MY GOD! That's right, Motobro! I remember these lyrics from your morning post!!!
	8:44pm βrian: There's a John Cameron Swazey reference in that song.
	8:44pm adampsyche: good song
	8:44pm radioronan: The one, two gut punch got me yesterday. Didnt even get out of bed until noon today. Hal's last tweet was sending love out to John. alternately laughing and crying listening to this.. thanks Becky
	8:45pm slugluv1313: yes! In Spite of Ourselves is just so damn sweet!
	8:45pm dale: heard this on will the circle be unbroken II.
	8:45pm Eli: Last night's news nearly broke me. Been a rough 24. Glad to be hanging out here though. Thanks Becky and everyone.
	8:45pm castor: Honestly, having spent my teenage years listening to mostly punk and metal with a few exceptions, I think Prine is the one who got me more into country.
	8:46pm Uncle Michael: Grady Martin pickin' the daylights out of 'Grandpa' I think.
	8:47pm Dano59: Amazing to revisit that first album (I wore out on cassette, and now have a really beat-up LP)
	8:47pm βrian: "... and he hammered nails in planks. [neener, neener, neener]"
	8:47pm jmd: Terrific show, thanks Becky.
	8:47pm tranewreck: ...thanks Becky. Saw JP five times over five decades. Big sigh. speed of the sound of loneliness
	8:47pm choggie: I feel the same way about pawn shops.....
	8:49pm Brian in UK: Swell show, Becky.
	8:50pm Uncle Michael: oh dear
	8:50pm dale: he wrote for david allan coe?
	8:50pm Becky: hahahaha michael
	8:51pm βrian: Wait, I feel like I need to hear about Momma, railroads, and prison, now.
	8:51pm doctorjazz: In Spite of Ourselves, great album! Missed most of this; will join the list of must listen archives.
	8:51pm Mungerphut: David Allan Coe lived in a cave
	8:51pm Becky: He was uncredited on this one, yeah. Because he thought it was a dumb novelty song. I have a real soft spot for it.
	8:51pm slugluv1313: @ dale, yes, i still adore Bette Midler's version -- early on, her interpretations were more guts and emotion, instead of all the schmaltzy stuff she did later
	👻 8:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for the heartfelt tribute, Becky. Stay well, ma'am.
	8:51pm Uncle Michael: I have Steve Goodman's story about this song from the live album burned into my brain.
	8:51pm ottovonbqe: wow - this is a great song. never would have guessed.
	8:52pm melinda: @Uncle Michael me too
	8:52pm Hams: saw coe perform last august in times square.
	8:52pm Jude in JC: Beautiful tribute Becky. ❤ Thank you.
	8:52pm Becky: let me let me let me let me
	8:53pm Uncle Michael: The only time I saw Steve and John was together.
	8:53pm Corey: Never knew Prine wrote this one! Clever enough to make sense. A staple of many late nights at the jukebox.
	8:53pm Buddha of Suburbia: Slugluv1313 I think I'm going to have to listen to some of Midler's versions now
	8:53pm Fuzzy: In 1974, singer David Allan Coe achieved considerable success on the country charts with "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", co-written by Prine and Goodman. The song good-naturedly spoofs stereotypical country music lyrics. Prine refused to take a songwriter's credit and the tune went to Goodman, although Goodman bought Prine a jukebox as a gift from his publishing royalties
	8:54pm ottovonbqe: 1974 - peak postmodernism.
	8:54pm jmd: Nice guitar work on the extra verse.
	8:54pm Becky: I'd give a lot of money for that jukebox.
	8:55pm slugluv1313: @ Brian -- "She smiled all the way down the aisle/While I cried all the way to the chair" :)
	8:55pm Jeezy: A bit surprised that nothing from Bruised Orange made the show... not that it was missed!
	8:55pm Becky: @Jeezy - There's always next week!
	👻 8:55pm Handy Haversack: Becky, thanks so much. This meant a lot. Much, much appreciation. And to BOARD OPS!
	8:56pm βrian: My sister's a nun, yo.
	8:56pm slugluv1313: thank-you so much for this beautiful tribute, Becky!
	8:56pm doctorjazz: I'll be playing Jesus, The Missing Years later.. Love Illegal Smile, though...an hour just isn't enough time.
	8:56pm Chop Scott: Thanks for this Becky--and the board ops!!
	8:57pm Corey: A lot of tears and smiles. Thanks Becky!
	8:57pm castor: <3<3<3
	8:57pm steveL: Storm coming in. On the porch until it gets too wet
	8:57pm Jeezy: I'll be there, Becky! Thanks for an amazing show...
	8:57pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Becky!
	8:57pm listener 126464: Thanks Becky
	8:57pm Uncle Michael: Hoffman...great Chicago 7 trial reference.
	8:57pm melinda: @dr.jazz that's one of my favorites too
	8:58pm Hams: thanks for pullin' through, becky. though he's gone, it's sure nice to hear prine during these strange times.
	8:58pm Marc Francis: Thanks Becky. That was lovely.
	8:58pm Fuzzy: Thanks Becky!
	8:58pm Irene Trudel: So great! Thanks Becky!
	8:59pm melinda: Thanks Becky
	8:59pm Devin B.: Thank you!
	8:59pm dale: thanks becky!!
	8:59pm βrian: He voted for Eisenhower, cuz Lincoln won the war.
	8:59pm Marley Dogg: Thanks Becky!
	9:00pm Scrappy: Thank you, Becky!
	9:00pm Motobro: Thank you Becky. You did John righteous.
	👻 9:00pm Handy Haversack: Oh jeez.
	9:00pm Corey: Oh man.
	9:01pm Buddha of Suburbia: I love this. It's heart achingly beautiful.
	9:01pm steveL: Yes. Always brings tears. Thanks
	👻 9:01pm Handy Haversack: You don't have to be alone. Solidarity, everyone.
	9:02pm Motobro: Tears in my wife’s homemade turkey chili.
	9:02pm Devin B.: Holy shit this song. Sobbing. Thanks again.
	9:03pm van chinski: Thanks for this. I'm not very familiar with Prine, and this was lovely, and heartbreaking. That last song was amazing. You take care of yourself.
	9:03pm sufferwords: needed to lube my eyes
	9:03pm Motobro: Thank you Skeletons!!
	👻 9:03pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Scott W.! So nice to hear your voice!
	9:04pm melinda: Yes, thanks Scott too
	9:06pm Buddha of Suburbia: Night everyone!! Have a good night and stay safe my beloved buddies! Thank you Becky!! Sending you wishes for good health and blessings in abundance...
	1:23pm Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Finally getting to this in the archives. Thanks, Becky, thanks WFMU. Thanks, John Prine! xoxox
	1:01pm WR: Yes, thanks again Becky!
	12:55pm CR: Great ep! Really shows Prine's range!
	10:53pm Old Dave: Saw him live mid-'70s.. Great show in Richmond VA. Thanks for the tribute- Prine was the real deal! Sad he's gone.
	8:41am RVCR: SO SO happy you're doing this! Was truly hoping someone at the station would showcase his amazing talent. If you haven't you should do some live stuff where he tells a story before the song. He was an incredible storyteller too :)

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April 8, 2020: RIP John Prine 1946-2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
John Prine	When I Get To Heaven "When I Get To Heaven" by "John Prine"	The Tree of Forgiveness	Oh Boy	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Sam Stone "Sam Stone" by "John Prine"	John Prine	Atlantic	0:05:47 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Hello In There "Hello In There" by "John Prine"	John Prine	Atlantic	0:10:02 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Clay Pigeons "Clay Pigeons" by "John Prine"	Fair and Square	Oh Boy	0:14:11 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Spanish Pipedream "Spanish Pipedream" by "John Prine"	John Prine	Atlantic	0:19:41 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Sweet Revenge "Sweet Revenge" by "John Prine"	Sweet Revenge	Atlantic	0:21:05 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Souvenirs "Souvenirs" by "John Prine"	The Singing Mailman Delivers	Oh Boy	0:24:01 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Blue Umbrella "Blue Umbrella" by "John Prine"	Sweet Revenge	Atlantic	0:27:09 (Pop-up)
Bonnie Raitt	Angel From Montgomery	Streetlights	Warner Bros.	0:31:58 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Dear Abby "Dear Abby" by "John Prine"	Sweet Revenge	Atlantic	0:35:24 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Onomatopeia "Onomatopeia" by "John Prine"	Sweet Revenge	Atlantic	0:39:47 (Pop-up)
John Prine & Iris DeMent	In Spite Of Ourselves	In Spite Of Ourselves	Oh Boy	0:42:06 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Grandpa Was A Carpenter	Sweet Revenge	Atlantic	0:45:24 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer "Nine Pound Hammer" by "John Prine"	Sweet Revenge	Atlantic	0:47:26 (Pop-up)
David Allan Coe	You Never Even Called Me By My Name	Once Upon A Rhyme	Columbia	0:50:48 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Illegal Smile "Illegal Smile" by "John Prine"	John Prine	Atlantic	0:55:45 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Summer's End "Summer's End" by "John Prine"	The Tree of Forgiveness	Oh Boy	1:00:11 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	8:00pm choggie: YAAAYYYYYY, BECKY!
	8:00pm melinda: Hi Becky and everyone! Thanks for doing this.
	8:01pm dale: thanks for this becky.
	8:01pm ultradamno: Hi Becky, tonkies! RIP Prine. Of some interest to listeners of this show, I assume, Nikki Lane will be live performances every sunday for awhile on FB and YT twitter.com...
	8:01pm khd: rip, i only know a little prine, this opener is killer already
	8:01pm Doug Schulkind: Needing this bad, Becky. Blessings!
	8:02pm Becky: Hi everyone. I'm glad you're here with me.
	8:02pm Brian in UK: Saying thanks in advance, Becky.
	8:03pm dale: thought his passing would go unnoticed by the station. didn't expect a whole show.
	8:03pm Martinibomb: Hay low! Becky
	8:03pm WR: Becky, this opening selection hit the spot.
	8:04pm Richard S: Hello!
	8:04pm Devin B.: RIP. What a loss. Tearing up already.
	8:04pm βrian: Yep, this is the big one for me.
	8:04pm Martinibomb: I still don't know what to say either.
	8:04pm P-90: Greetings on this sad evening, Becky.
	8:05pm ZeeBee: I feel the the feelings giving me shivers. Prine taught a certain kind of love I am so forever grateful for.
	8:05pm johnzo: great song... just listened to it earlier when I heard. rip jp
	8:05pm Yes: Thank you Becky. Hello everybody
	8:06pm Parq: God, but this song is beautiful and harrowing.
	8:07pm Phillippe Bastille: Thank you Becky
	8:07pm Corey: Thanks for putting together this show, Becky. What a loss.
	8:07pm choggie: John Prine shares a birthday with my ex-wife. unfortunately, she still with us
	8:08pm Mr. Pumpy: Hi Becky...looking forward to some honky tonky for Prine!
	8:08pm dale: hello in there is a tearjerker.
	8:10pm ericd: Vodka and ginger ale in hand and tears in eyes.
	8:10pm Richard S: I have to confess I never heard of John Prine until this week....
	8:11pm radioronan: Thanks Becky. Last night was rough losing John Prine & Hal Willner within hours. Was looking forward to seeing John & Swamp Dogg at Apollo before this insanity started.
	8:11pm ultradamno: I think I'll substitute vodka for ginger ale to top off the vodka, but I'm in.
	8:11pm melinda: Someone somewhere pointed out that he wrote really well about loneliness.
	8:12pm Gord: Thanks for this, Becky.
	8:12pm ottovonbqe: I substituted bourbon for vodka and left out the ginger ale.
	8:12pm JohnEBGood: We Good Becky, I know I always have Jesus and My Radio Girl! Who Hooo!
	8:12pm dale: i wonder if he ever hung with townes van zandt.....
	8:12pm Irene Trudel: Thank you for this, Becky! Losing John Prine is really rough right now, expecially knowing he beat cancer. Love his commentaries on life.
	8:12pm Brian in UK: His compassion, understanding of the human condition and humour makes him stand out for me.
	8:13pm melinda: @dale he did, I was just reading about it in an old Rolling Stone article.
	8:13pm ottovonbqe: I wonder if he hung out with clay pigeon
	8:14pm ultradamno: I call the cocktail Tito's & Tito's. Tito's & Vox in a pinch.
	8:15pm Brian in UK: Like Bill Withers they both had lived in the real world before commiting to music.
	8:16pm Jeezy: I'd already made a Kingston Negroni so no ginger ale... but I'm def raising it to John! RIP
	👻 8:16pm Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder if he hung out with listener Lyle, the trombonist.
	8:16pm Becky: Think, the next brilliant songwriter could have delivered your mail today.
	8:16pm Phillippe Bastille: The Singing Mailman
	8:16pm Mungerphut: Lovely set
	👻 8:17pm Handy Haversack: Listening on the bathroom radio while I cook (in the kitchen). And crying. Jesus. Thanks for this, Becky.
	8:18pm ultradamno: Mailmen round here started driving their little trucks up to each block. Is that a new policy? They'll never write the next Christmas In Prison that way.
	8:18pm ericd: When I lived in Norman, OK I had a whistling mailman. It was the same few notes everyday. I was convinced he was writing an album and was stuck on that song. When I heard JP's story I had a little laugh and as he did made me think off life.
	8:19pm Becky: I don't know about everyone else, but when I heard the news last night, I just absolutely lost it. I've kind of been keeping it together through all of this horror the last few weeks and hearing it had taken John just unleashed the waterworks.
	8:20pm ultradamno: My mom loved him, so it brought some of that up for me as well
	8:22pm dale: i'm so happy you are doing this. i really feel like fmu is too cool for school lately. you're giving me faith again.
	8:23pm Buddha of Suburbia: Hi Becky! Thank you for doing this.
	8:23pm βrian: "pistols made out of wood."
	8:24pm Buddha of Suburbia: Same, Becky. And the last I heard John Prine was getting better. Devastating. This coming Sunday on CBS Sunday Morning they're going to show an old interview with him.
	8:24pm yes: I’m cooking or else I’d be chatting it up with y’all. Just want to say I love John prine . I love Fmu . And Im thankful for this community, always
	8:24pm Devin B.: Grateful for this tribute and for your health. Thanks Becky.
	8:25pm melinda: Souvenirs is such a beautiful song.
	8:25pm slugluv1313: good evening, Becky and everyone thank-you so much for all the John Prine i have loved him since i was a kid his death hurts my heart so much
	8:25pm zoran: <3
	8:26pm melinda: I discovered him in college, his music reminds me of those formative years.
	8:26pm Motobro: God Speed John Prine
	8:26pm castor: Thank you so much Becky! I've been a big JP fan ever since a college professor gave me a burnt CD of his, and then so many radical folks I've befriended loved to sing his songs. But I was so disappointed that the Ken Burns Country Music doc didn't even mention him! I thought, is he really that peripheral to country? Definitely not! I'm glad he is getting the tribute he deserves.
	8:27pm Corey: I mean the horror of the virus and failed national leadership juxtaposed with this man's overflowing humanity. Too much.
	8:27pm Buddha of Suburbia: Motobro!! Hi there, buddy!
	8:27pm slugluv1313: @ Becky -- same here -- i knew he was in the hospital, but was hoping he would be out soon totally fell apart when i heard the news
	8:27pm JohnEBGood: Rereading my favorite novel, October Light by John Gardner.
	8:29pm Motobro: BOODS!!
	8:30pm βrian: And here's to Steve Goodman, while were at it. I think of those two as a team.
	8:30pm Buddha of Suburbia: Hi there, Motobro!
	8:30pm melinda: @Brian yes.
	8:30pm Haiku Henry: Thanks for sharing all this great John Prine with us tonight, Becky.
	8:31pm Motobro: Love this song
	8:32pm Brian in UK: Yes, Steve Goodman, another with a steadfast sense of humour.
	8:32pm melinda: Streetlights is such a great album.
	8:32pm ultradamno: My favorite cover of Prine are Lightspeed Champion & Emmy The Great's Christmas In Prison and Those Darlins Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
	8:35pm βrian: Not Rome, New York, to be clear ... Love that.
	8:35pm slugluv1313: i could not have been more than 12 or 13, but i bought Bette Midler's "Divine Miss M" when it came out (1972?) -- "Hello In There" killed me; i had to know more about the songwriter and find out if he had any records -- and i have been in love with Prine's creations ever since
	8:36pm slugluv1313: damn, Angel From Montgomery -- tearing up again
	8:36pm melinda: @slugluv I heard the Midler version first, too, didn't know it was his until much later.
	8:38pm dale: her delivery is pretty perfect slugluv - no argument there.
	8:39pm Uncle Michael: Thank you for this, Becky.
	8:40pm Rich in Bay Ridge: Thanks Becky. I don’t have words to reflect the magnitude of these losses we are experiencing.
	8:40pm Buddha of Suburbia: Thanks for this, Becky!
	👻 8:40pm Handy Haversack: @Becky (8:19): Yes. Yesterday I went down the tubes a bit, I gotta say. Too much at once.
	8:40pm Motis: Please stop spreading these malicious rumors about John Prine being dead! JOHN PRINE CAN NEVER DIE.
	8:40pm ultradamno: It is pretty odd Burns didn't find space for him, especially since there was a whole chunk on humor in country music, Prine's gift for which, obviously, was singular and reverberates down through acts like Lyle Lovett and The Milk Carton Kids
	8:41pm βrian: Six-year-old doesn't understand why my face is leaking.
	8:42pm Motobro: Hi Boods, n Dale was driving home from wurk. Hope all is well ith all o youse guys n gals. Boods this is the tune i was talking about this morning.
	8:42pm ZeeBee: The song of so many loves
	8:43pm melinda: This is so funny and good.
	8:43pm JakeGould: Hello all! This Iris DeMent duo is wonderful.
	👻 8:44pm Handy Haversack: Kate and I keep crying in a perfectly good vegetarian sausage and peppers. Every damn day is what a day. I can't stress enough that this a complaint aimed at the world. The music right now is perfect. Perfect.
	8:44pm Buddha of Suburbia: OH MY GOD! That's right, Motobro! I remember these lyrics from your morning post!!!
	8:44pm βrian: There's a John Cameron Swazey reference in that song.
	8:44pm adampsyche: good song
	8:44pm radioronan: The one, two gut punch got me yesterday. Didnt even get out of bed until noon today. Hal's last tweet was sending love out to John. alternately laughing and crying listening to this.. thanks Becky
	8:45pm slugluv1313: yes! In Spite of Ourselves is just so damn sweet!
	8:45pm dale: heard this on will the circle be unbroken II.
	8:45pm Eli: Last night's news nearly broke me. Been a rough 24. Glad to be hanging out here though. Thanks Becky and everyone.
	8:45pm castor: Honestly, having spent my teenage years listening to mostly punk and metal with a few exceptions, I think Prine is the one who got me more into country.
	8:46pm Uncle Michael: Grady Martin pickin' the daylights out of 'Grandpa' I think.
	8:47pm Dano59: Amazing to revisit that first album (I wore out on cassette, and now have a really beat-up LP)
	8:47pm βrian: "... and he hammered nails in planks. [neener, neener, neener]"
	8:47pm jmd: Terrific show, thanks Becky.
	8:47pm tranewreck: ...thanks Becky. Saw JP five times over five decades. Big sigh. speed of the sound of loneliness
	8:47pm choggie: I feel the same way about pawn shops.....
	8:49pm Brian in UK: Swell show, Becky.
	8:50pm Uncle Michael: oh dear
	8:50pm dale: he wrote for david allan coe?
	8:50pm Becky: hahahaha michael
	8:51pm βrian: Wait, I feel like I need to hear about Momma, railroads, and prison, now.
	8:51pm doctorjazz: In Spite of Ourselves, great album! Missed most of this; will join the list of must listen archives.
	8:51pm Mungerphut: David Allan Coe lived in a cave
	8:51pm Becky: He was uncredited on this one, yeah. Because he thought it was a dumb novelty song. I have a real soft spot for it.
	8:51pm slugluv1313: @ dale, yes, i still adore Bette Midler's version -- early on, her interpretations were more guts and emotion, instead of all the schmaltzy stuff she did later
	👻 8:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for the heartfelt tribute, Becky. Stay well, ma'am.
	8:51pm Uncle Michael: I have Steve Goodman's story about this song from the live album burned into my brain.
	8:51pm ottovonbqe: wow - this is a great song. never would have guessed.
	8:52pm melinda: @Uncle Michael me too
	8:52pm Hams: saw coe perform last august in times square.
	8:52pm Jude in JC: Beautiful tribute Becky. ❤ Thank you.
	8:52pm Becky: let me let me let me let me
	8:53pm Uncle Michael: The only time I saw Steve and John was together.
	8:53pm Corey: Never knew Prine wrote this one! Clever enough to make sense. A staple of many late nights at the jukebox.
	8:53pm Buddha of Suburbia: Slugluv1313 I think I'm going to have to listen to some of Midler's versions now
	8:53pm Fuzzy: In 1974, singer David Allan Coe achieved considerable success on the country charts with "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", co-written by Prine and Goodman. The song good-naturedly spoofs stereotypical country music lyrics. Prine refused to take a songwriter's credit and the tune went to Goodman, although Goodman bought Prine a jukebox as a gift from his publishing royalties
	8:54pm ottovonbqe: 1974 - peak postmodernism.
	8:54pm jmd: Nice guitar work on the extra verse.
	8:54pm Becky: I'd give a lot of money for that jukebox.
	8:55pm slugluv1313: @ Brian -- "She smiled all the way down the aisle/While I cried all the way to the chair" :)
	8:55pm Jeezy: A bit surprised that nothing from Bruised Orange made the show... not that it was missed!
	8:55pm Becky: @Jeezy - There's always next week!
	👻 8:55pm Handy Haversack: Becky, thanks so much. This meant a lot. Much, much appreciation. And to BOARD OPS!
	8:56pm βrian: My sister's a nun, yo.
	8:56pm slugluv1313: thank-you so much for this beautiful tribute, Becky!
	8:56pm doctorjazz: I'll be playing Jesus, The Missing Years later.. Love Illegal Smile, though...an hour just isn't enough time.
	8:56pm Chop Scott: Thanks for this Becky--and the board ops!!
	8:57pm Corey: A lot of tears and smiles. Thanks Becky!
	8:57pm castor: <3<3<3
	8:57pm steveL: Storm coming in. On the porch until it gets too wet
	8:57pm Jeezy: I'll be there, Becky! Thanks for an amazing show...
	8:57pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Becky!
	8:57pm listener 126464: Thanks Becky
	8:57pm Uncle Michael: Hoffman...great Chicago 7 trial reference.
	8:57pm melinda: @dr.jazz that's one of my favorites too
	8:58pm Hams: thanks for pullin' through, becky. though he's gone, it's sure nice to hear prine during these strange times.
	8:58pm Marc Francis: Thanks Becky. That was lovely.
	8:58pm Fuzzy: Thanks Becky!
	8:58pm Irene Trudel: So great! Thanks Becky!
	8:59pm melinda: Thanks Becky
	8:59pm Devin B.: Thank you!
	8:59pm dale: thanks becky!!
	8:59pm βrian: He voted for Eisenhower, cuz Lincoln won the war.
	8:59pm Marley Dogg: Thanks Becky!
	9:00pm Scrappy: Thank you, Becky!
	9:00pm Motobro: Thank you Becky. You did John righteous.
	👻 9:00pm Handy Haversack: Oh jeez.
	9:00pm Corey: Oh man.
	9:01pm Buddha of Suburbia: I love this. It's heart achingly beautiful.
	9:01pm steveL: Yes. Always brings tears. Thanks
	👻 9:01pm Handy Haversack: You don't have to be alone. Solidarity, everyone.
	9:02pm Motobro: Tears in my wife’s homemade turkey chili.
	9:02pm Devin B.: Holy shit this song. Sobbing. Thanks again.
	9:03pm van chinski: Thanks for this. I'm not very familiar with Prine, and this was lovely, and heartbreaking. That last song was amazing. You take care of yourself.
	9:03pm sufferwords: needed to lube my eyes
	9:03pm Motobro: Thank you Skeletons!!
	👻 9:03pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Scott W.! So nice to hear your voice!
	9:04pm melinda: Yes, thanks Scott too
	9:06pm Buddha of Suburbia: Night everyone!! Have a good night and stay safe my beloved buddies! Thank you Becky!! Sending you wishes for good health and blessings in abundance...
	1:23pm Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Finally getting to this in the archives. Thanks, Becky, thanks WFMU. Thanks, John Prine! xoxox
	1:01pm WR: Yes, thanks again Becky!
	12:55pm CR: Great ep! Really shows Prine's range!
	10:53pm Old Dave: Saw him live mid-'70s.. Great show in Richmond VA. Thanks for the tribute- Prine was the real deal! Sad he's gone.
	8:41am RVCR: SO SO happy you're doing this! Was truly hoping someone at the station would showcase his amazing talent. If you haven't you should do some live stuff where he tells a story before the song. He was an incredible storyteller too :)

Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky: Playlist from April 8, 2020

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