Comments on: Behind the Songs of John Prine

By: Capt. Mike

Capt. Mike — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:33:06 +0000

Mickey was a friend of mine and was staying with me in Chicago when he left for Colorado Springs never to return as far as I know. I went out several times to visit him in Manitou Springs. I lost touch several years ago when I got a Christmas card back like an old Elvis tune “return to sender; address unknown”. I was worried but found out he was still alive. So sorry to hear about his death. I remember meeting him in the back of my old ’66 VW camper waiting for the rain to stop before going into a pop fest. he left the back of the camper — we had been smokin’ dope for hours and he fell down the hill and could not get up and kept falling and laughing and me too. We have been friends ever since. I miss you old buddy. It was so nice of John Prine and whoever made up this memorial. It was just beautiful. I am stinkin’ and drinkin’ and thinkin’ of you old buddy. Love always. until we meet again. Love, Capt. Mike.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:46:13 +0000

Phillip: Thank you so much for the update on my old friend Mickey. So sad to hear of him after he had passed. So glad he made it out of Mexico safely and he and John remained life long buddies. Mickey gave my friend Dawn from Cicero a dog Chi Town who we took
on a road trip to the Florida Keys in a ’69 VW van
I will be sending a special shout out to him on May 4 from my home in Albuquerque, NM. I may have passed him in the street of Colorado Springs over the years. He will always be fondly remembered in my heart.

By: Phillip S.

Phillip S. — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:32:03 +0000

In response to:

“Teresa Sicilia says:
January 25, 2012 at 11:50 am
I met John in a bar on Armitage in Chicago, maybe the 5th peg not sure and he wore overalls and offered to teach me guitar for $5 a lesson and gave me copies of his songs, lyrics and notes. I gave them to a musician friend from Kentucky who I hope put them to good use. I left for Europe and never did take him up on it. We had a mutual friend Mickey that left for Mexico around that time and we never heard from him. I was so pleased to see the success John achieved and always wanted to ask him if he ever did hear from Mickey.”

Teresa,
Mickey Buie was my Uncle. Unfortunately he passed away last month in Colorado Springs where he lived for a number of years. John and Mickey remained life long friends and John would visit Mickey whenever he did a show in the area. Mickey is the friend John refers to drinking bourbon with in his song “Mexican Home”.

My uncle’s memorial service is next Saturday, May 4th in Colorado Springs. Details for the service will be in the local paper this week.

By: YumYum

YumYum — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:08:43 +0000

God I love that man! I’m 49 years young, and I just always remember loving John Prine….have no idea when I first heard him but I was early teens for sure.

So I was late getting into the computer age, and once while visiting my family back home my older brother was trying to coax me into even sitting down in front of his computer. The ONLY thing he snared me with was by saying “Hey just think you can look up John Prine even!” SOLD! My bro got so annoyed watching me huntand peck for every letter on the keyboard-but that was my very first EVER google or whatever it was back then computer type experience! I’d forgotten that memory until this very moment, what a sweet blast.

Now, here I was again tonight looking up John Prine due to a TV ad I saw that he was coming to town in May, Yay! I need to get tickets and that’s how I saw this article- which is great, by the way!

I’ve only seen John live one time, and it was so mind blowing for me I wept almost the whole show. Yah, I know but I couldn’t help myself it meant SO much to me! I got to meet him afterwards, too, talk about a fantastic night….. fingers crossed for tickets

By: Ronnie Braswell

Ronnie Braswell — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:04:51 +0000

I first heard of John back in the summer 1974. It was my first quarter at West Georgia College. The fellow that turned me on to Prine said prine had “soul” I believed it then & I believe it.
That first album was Sweet Revenge. I think I have most if not all his albums. Most in Album format.
Let me think where all we have seen John in concert:
1979 Athens, GA
2002? Macon, GA
2006?Pensocola FL
2012 Athens GA
I was without a stereo for a good long while (due in large part to poverty in the 80s) and when I was finally able to listen to a John prine album again it was like seeing/hearing my long lost best friend again.