John Prine: Full Interview | House Of Strombo
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The Strombo Show presents John Prine in an intimate conversation with George Stroumboulopoulos to celebrate his newest release "The Tree Of Forgiveness"
The Strombo Show / House of Strombo is the home of the best records played in the best order, from the 1-2-3-4 to the 808's and beyond. For over two decades, George Stroumboulopoulos has been working on behalf of you to find and champion the songs that'll get you through the night. Interviews, intimate sessions, and out-of-its-mind full-blown house concerts. The Strombo Show reflects the beautiful and the badass of Canada's diverse cultural landscape. There are no boundaries, with the gamut running from Aretha Franklin to Slayer and everything in between.
We have welcomed many musical guests into the program, including major international artists like A.R. Rahman, Against Me!, Alice Cooper, Ani DiFranco, Anthrax, Bill Murray, Bjork, Bonnie Raitt, Charles Bradley, Chuck D, The Cult, De La Soul, Diana Krall, Dinosaur Jr., DMC, Dolly Parton, Elvis Costello, Gene Simmons, Ghostface Killah, Grandmaster Flash, James Franco, James Hetfield of Metallica, The Kills, Lady Gaga, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Little Stevie Van Zandt, Loretta Lynn, Maynard James Keenan of TOOL, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, Missy Elliott, Mix Master Mike, Moby, The National, Neko Case, Patti Smith, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robbie Robertson, Saul Williams, Slowdive, SPOON, Steve Earle, Thurston Moore, Tom Morello and Vampire Weekend; Canadian talent such as A Tribe Called Red, Alexisonfire, ARKELLS, BadBadNotGood, Barenaked Ladies, Blue Rodeo, City And Colour, Coeur de pirate, Death From Above 1979, Gordon Lightfoot, Joel Plaskett, Rheostatics, RUSH, STARS, Tegan & Sara and The Tragically Hip; emerging acts that include Courtney Barnett, Dilly Dally, Father John Misty, Jazz Cartier, Jessie Reyez, Kate Tempest, Leon Bridges, Lowell, The Lemon Twigs, Mac Demarco, Margo Price, Partner, Pussy Riot, Sampha, Thundercat, Weyes Blood and The XX.
Director: Alex Narvaez
Camera: Harold Escotet
Editor: Sam Iannicelli
Mix by Todd Macdonald
Photo Credit: Harold Escotet
Goodness, this guy. Huh? This guy!! 'It's like I wrote a joke & they finally got it 45 years later'. The man is a fine wine.
I love listening to him talk almost as much as hearing him sing and play. A true gentlemen and he's sharp as a tack!
Yes, John had the answer to the interviewer's question even before the question was completed. Properly termed UNDERSTANDING. This was also properly noted in researchers/writers about Jim Morrison and his extraordinary intellect. Not-so-much that he (Jim) was always the smartest kid in class/school, but that he UNDERSTOOD the entire subject-matter. No need for explanations or elaboration. An essential element in all poets.
Totally Agree!
Great story teller! I've heard him mentioned in the same sentence as Mark Twain and that's a pretty sweet endorsement and good company to keep I'd say.
George, this was a phenominal interview. John Prine is the master. His music is simplistic but his lyrics are so awe inspiring that the total package makes you stop and think about what you just heard and realize it has changed you in a good way, Probably the best song ever written is by John Prine "Hello In There".
He has come very close with Summer's End.....hard to pick the best !!
It amazes me that he had that insight so many years ago when he was young; and now........here we are.
it was phenomenal congratulations to both and thanks
I love 'Some humans aint human', maybe because I kicked o non-human out of my house a couple of days ago.
is it simplistic, or ideally suited as a foundation to lay the words upon?
A true legend in his own time. Outstanding interview. John is so real, so down to earth and so open and honest about his life. I only wish Steve Goodman was still around to sing with John. Thanks again for this interview.
"I'm 9 when I get up, and 13 when I go to bed." Seriously, I'm so blessed to have known this guy's work.
John changed my life in 1977 the first time i heard him. Thank you for 40+ years of songs I could totally relate to.
His albums the tree of forgivenesses is a gem ..... it puts John Prine up there with Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen .... plus the engineering on this record is excellent ......the topic of life and death and everything in between ......what else is there ....
I agree on all the above especially the engineer. He really understood what the songs needed and stayed out of their way. Great Job!
Wow, so glad this is here. I write this on the day of John's passing (4/7/2020), eyes welling as I listen and type. What a tremendous artist, with a gift like no other; no one can compare. RIP, brother John. We'll be keeping your songs alive FOREVER!!!! ♫♪
You're not alone jsamat24..
Been crying since I heard the news 2 day's ago.
Spent my 64th birthday crying all day yesterday.
Playing his music, drinking smoking and dancing alone.
Saddest birthday ever so far.
Rest in Peace John Prine.
✌💞🎸🎶🌹🙏
KEH 🇨🇦
04.09.20.
4/7/2020 when John passed away, my birthday and now at 75, I feel just like him and can relate. Love the guy and hope to follow in his footsteps and meet John along the way 🤠🇵🇭🇺🇸
John, you make me laugh and cry everytime I listen to you. From the bottom of my heart, Thank-you!!!
"I'm making Taylor swift sweat besides that she probably looks good sweating " that's so funny .
‘‘ the coat that doesn’t fit me and the boats I hardly wear” he just can’t help it. Shine on John. 🙏🏼
"The autopsy might kill me . . ." God damn the man is a poet
Most brilliant song writer every to come along , John Prine is so humble about his talent !
I love his humor too !
Man, he just described my relationship with his songs exactly. I’m 20 now and grew up listening on road trips with my parents and now every time I hear him sing it makes me think of camping and our old Subaru and being 11 years old.
i,m 63 and only found john a year ago. he has become my new hero. his way with the English language is second to none. i am in awe every time i listen to his songs.
I’m the same didn’t find this guy until about a year ago. By pure accident. Have I been living under a rock. I thought Dylan was good but John has the commoners touch with words. Simply amazing
@@paullucas4570 thought I was the only rock dweller here. At least we are not alone. Lol
I'm 63..steeped in Prine..you rock worms be careful for the robins!
@@paullucas4570 One of Dylan's favorite writers say no more. RIP John Prine.
Another 63 yr old here, when a friend (who sends me tunes in the 'wee hours') one night 6 months ago sent me Orange Blossom by John Prine. I was blown away, haven't stopped listening since, while thinking "where have I been "?... Nice to know I'm not alone thank God for John Prine. What a genius singer/songwriter. RIP John Prine 🙏
Great interview with my hero, John Prine. You did a nice job of staying out of the way and letting him talk, just throwing in a few things here and there to keep him going.
jordanthecat
Well said.
jordanthecat a
couldn’t agree more
Heeey Jordan..Where ya' been. Miss your Prine stuff.
Yes. Good to see you're still around, Ian.
The man is 110% awesome !!! A genuine American icon , some people just haven't figured it out yet.
Excellent interview with John, maybe the best I have seen yet! This interviewer was so right on with his questions...he really got John to say so much in a half an hour.
He listened, asked good, quick follow-ups that showed John he'd been listening - and then out came the cork as John got comfortable.
John is musical treasure, a true icon and yet humble and down to earth.
"Bad pop music makes bad cars" Love the moments in life singing Prine songs with my kids in the car!
I have come to really appreciate John Prine and his music. He is an Old Soul can't say enough good things about John.
always a gentle man, always down to earth, always an artist. i love john prine.
His songs are like liquid feelings, just an amazing artist! Peace always to Mr. Prine and his.
Man he's making me feel old. Where did the time go? What a legend. He's on my top 100 playlist of all time. Plus..I got this phrase of his going viral in our circle..."and Billy Bob said "hmmm"." (Whenever someone says something awkward).
prolly one of the best John Prine interviews I ever saw . Great job George !!!!
sweet revenge.........John's a great singer/songwriter..he's a big part of my growing up year's and this new recording is pure John Prine..he's in touch with life at so many level's. I hope he out lives me, i couldn't stand to hear elsewise.
The great first love introduced me to John Prine. Instantly fell in love with the music and John Prine. We saw him at Red Rocks in 2017. Best show we've ever been to. Found ourselves in tears more than once. Lucky to still call him my love after 6 years.
Honey, we're the big door prize.
Just from you wrote I know he is a lucky guy.
"the big door prize" 💕❤️❤️
This tape is pure gold. Thanks Strombo!
"9 when I get up and 13 when I go to bed". What a free spirit John Prine puts out for the world to enjoy. At 75, I feel younger every time I hear this "great talent" talk or sing. 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible must be responsible for some damn good music.
22:37 - 23:39 ''The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learnend from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuative perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.'' -Aristotle
''Thus is, The King of Sillyness, Sadness, & one Helluva Bridge Builder...
Whose similies safely raises us, above life's many drowning rivers!'' -gilpin 61618
You're @ the very top of the Music Artist's Interview Field, Maestro Strombo!
What a great interview! I absolutely love John Prine he is a national treasure and you did a great job interviewing him.
A great interview that I have returned to a few times. What a tragic loss.
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand
Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand
Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band
Check into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand?
And then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl
'Cause this old man is goin' to town
That was a good interview. Heck of a storyteller and rebel.
He's one of the best songwriters ever...a National Treasure. Wonder how long he will continue to tour ? He's been out there a lot.
You nailed this interview. I was enchanted and very happy throughout this glorious conversation. Thanks for doing it so well. 🍻
It's unfortunate that John Prine's passing brought me here; George Stroumboulopoulos is an amazing interviewer.
Love this guy. Keeps it real and doesn't take himself too seriously.
Stromboulopoulos: "71, that's not old." The hell it ain't. I'm 66, and that's getting there. Great interview. George has Prine fired up because he's an enthusiastic fan. Lovely album. Sorry John died yesterday, but now he's in Paradise, which is a lot better than old torn-down Paradise, Kentucky. I can't wait to meet him in heaven. I'm from the western suburbs of Chicago myself and knew my fair share of sons of transplanted hillbilly factory workers, like Prine's father was. We Yankees were hard on those kids at school, which probably made him more introspective, and look what came of that. God bless John Prine.
I was 15 when I found out the "Damn Yankess" was actually two words.
A wise man once said if you dwell on age, it'll catch up to you.
My Aunt Margot is 88 & to her, '71 isn't old yet!' She was having a much more enjoyable-2-her, active life at 71 (loves doing physical out-doorsy stuff )/doing stuff her body can't do anymore. She makes the best of it, but, yup-she'd trade 71 for 88, if given the chance.
You are a great interviewer! Thanks for revealing the real John Prine. Regards
You were free to fly after that first album. And, being a mailman is the hardest job in the world. Walking all day in 20 below weather and a full on thunderstorm is the ultimate. I tried it and lasted three weeks. Glad John found a much better living. Thanks.
bad pop music makes bad cars. the humor of john prine just ties everything together, even the tragic. there's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes. it is so heartbreakingly sad but yet the image is cartoonishly funny.
Incredible, humbling Prine 😎
Listening to John is Always a Pleasure , and this interview is Also , A Good One . Strombo.
Killer interview! good job Strombo been a Prine fan since I was 16 . Sad to hear of his passing.
Great interview. What a humble man.
As I watched this interview, the reflection in my phone made me realize how often I was smiling - which was frequently. I just plain old enjoyed seeing a more revealing, humorous and interesting side of John. Further into the interview, it hit me - as much as I'm loving this, John's gone and I can't change that - which brought me from happy to sad way too quickly. Death is the worst part of life. Phooey!
I play John's stuff most days, just the best.
First time I've noticed John Prine's voice ended up sounding exactly like an idling Harley engine. Great interview.
That's because of his throat cancer.he went two rounds with cancer and won this virus took him too soon.its kicking everyone's ass .Much Love Mr Prine you will be missed
Great interview, love the man. Such great music. True life down to earth.
He is pretty incredible. He is one of the few artists that connect my kids with me. Can’t wait to see him this fall in Colorado.
I saw him when he was in oregon shortly before my husband died.
So sorry to hear that. I hope you find the strength to move on. Hopefully his music can help with that.
How was not aware of this until this evening, found out about it listening to the mighty CKUA radio station. God Bless John Prine! I am sure he is having that Vodka and Ginger Ale, and enjoying that 9 mile long cigarette!
Excellent conversation - just two guys shooting the breeze
Srombo is a Legend IMO .. No one has done what he has. My hats off brother.
Mike Woz both are legends
Mike Woz
There're BOTH legends and icons.
Excellent interview-lead, listen, contemplate the answers and don't talk over your guest.
John Prine, like a few others, is a national treasure. He has no frosting on his cake. It's all cake. For years I resisted listening to his new music for fear of letting go of the last. But my fears were unfounded. You can't replace or let go of a beautiful memory emblazoned inside your heart. You can't.
Some people say that he is a terrible singer and a terrible picker. Well I say that terrible never felt so good. Never had the chance to catch John, Steve Goodman or Bonnie Kollock at The Earl in Chicago in the old
days. I did get to catch Johnathan (Johnny) Round and Jim Post - for those who remember.
Keep on pickin', John. Don't ever let the muse go!
how we listen really does hold the key. "It's all cake" - perfect. thanks
lakerooster - Thank you lakerooster. I can't believe I wrote that one year ago and now he's gone. Hopefully someone will post his interview with the Poet Laureate of the US from a few years back. That too was a special interview.
@@paullira15 i will look for that. thanks.
Brilliant interviewer...knows his stuff!
I feel like a lucky guy that just happens to be in a room while two guys are just talking with respect of each other and just enjoying time together.
How cool that you interview great talent and then some. What a opportunity John Prine.
Agree . Great interview...
This is a great interview. I love listening to John so much, both singing and talking. His insights on life and songwriting are priceless. The interviewer's questions were really great and he made John feel at home. Beautiful.
Love this man. Mr. Prine is a crusader for the common, hard working people of the country he loves and honoured to be a very simple part of something that is touching, true and from the heart of a man that truly thinks everything is going to be OK-if! Any one thinking that"cancer" can be in some way a positive experience, just eat a lot of peaches.
Thanks.
I've been in a fog since John passed. The last few days were spent watching live performances and covers with a knot in my stomach and misty eyes.
Seeing John play in your house and this interview finally let me move on. Made myself a Handsome Johnny to toast the end of the interview and to a life well lived.
My condolences to friends and family. Love to all.
liquidlars1965
Ditto!
Same here!!
How do you make a Happy Johnny cocktail? The vodka and ginger ale would be a drink I would like to try. 🤪🥰
George, I enjoyed your wonderfully engaging interview style!
Keep on keepin' on John.....you're an inspiration to me.
Great interview, just seen him 1 day after this was posted....better than ever!!
saw him in Dublin last night and totally agree. 4th time seeing him but the best.
Such a comfort to see and hear this excellent interview. Rest In Peace John !
That's how an interview needs to be conducted. Really enjoyed this.
really looking forward to john coming to london next month..we love him
This was a lot of fun to watch,what a great way to spend a half hour..TH-cam has made this ole man happier than two pigs eating slop!
Its a pleasure to see and hear. Good job both men. Johns new album is as fine as any.
One and only!!
Many thanks for sharing/posting.
I absolutely loved his music. My son introduced me to his music probably mid to late 80's. I never had the pleasure of attending a live concert. So @ 78 yrs of age my bucket had been re worked. It was 2015 he was in concert @ WVU the CAC
I missed because my husband, the love of my life had just completed 16 days in extensive rehabilitation @ Health South after life threating SEPTICEMIA .
I'm lookin forward to a meeting in heavrn🙏🥰😎👍🙃 but not tonight❌♥️❌♥️
Heaven just got another great!
Prine is just fucking awesome - in every single way! Thank you for posting this great interview.
I love that George knows his stuff. It's obvious he loves John and asks intelligent questions. Still sad, but this interview makes things a bit bette right now.
Got to love John.. One day i will get to see/meet him..cheers.
god damn.
Genius
8 soulless humans walking this earth. Keep walking. Keep searching. Maybe you'll find something.
Or too drunk to touch the right button.
I have 5 cats but I don't have any Cadillacs. I found a litter of abandoned kittens and then couldn't give them up... so. Great interview. Nice and laid back. This guy's a legend in his own time.
Thank you George for sharing this interview. Thank you John for sharing your blessings with us all! HugS ❤
This is such an excellent interview! Enjoyed it very much.
John Prine made this a better place . He left us so much , thank you John Prine.
Going to see him again in the summer with my hubby and two sons and I can't wait
Toni O Malley Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan
Thank you, peace.
I saw John Prine in Nashville at New Years this year. He was so enjoyable. Thanks for this great interview
Gotta go hear Sam Stone right after this
Summers End, for me
Comment about ugly cars and bad pop music is so true.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Seinfeld: Restaurant parking lot....Look at all of these cars. It's oatmeal.
Joel Hodgson: Yeah they're grinding off all of the edges. Just like they're doing to us.
wow,thanks George.loved Prine since i was a kid.
Great album, bought last week...
Great interview, sad I will never meet him, been a fan for 40 years, rip John, from Sligo, Ireland.
What a great interview! I love that there were no commercials interrupting the flow. I could have listened for hours.
I’ve been a fan since I bought that first album Prine mentioned where he was standing by a bale of straw on the cover of a vinyl LP I picked up at an Army PX in Georgia in the 70s. His connection with Kris Kristofferson came up during the interview when Prine mentioned he was ‘discovered’ when Steve Goodman dragged KK across Chicago to hear his buddy John Prine late one night at the Earle of Old Town after they had all finished their evening shows. I had been a fan of KK since I bought HIS first album a few years earlier, so I think I must have been attracted by that same ability to craft lyrics and sing them that KK observed during that impromptu audition.
Magical interview
Great songwriter
Wow, I sure do miss John Prine, and this big old goofy world misses this American legend, too.
There are at least 5 songs in this interview if anybody's listening.
Listen to Tribute to John Prine by songwriter Dennis Callahan.
One more note: John plowed the field before other artist's harrowed that field.
All do respect.👍
I could listen to this for hours!
You were such a beautiful soul and I miss you everyday. The only real American treasure
"She probably looks good sweatin'". 🤣
Hey George, I'm a big fan of what you're doing. Love the live performances. Keep it up.
Sad that he didn’t make it through the pandemic.