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What a loss. What a legend.
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You made great music.
May he rest in peace.
Rest in peace, John.
..and a deep loss.
Angel From Montgomery
It wasn't supposed to be like this, people dying unnecessarily.
RIP
His music was a big part of my life, he will be dearly missed. I bet he will be writing great songs in heaven! 
Such terrible news. That makes my heart cry.
R.I.P., John.
RIP
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.
RIP, John. 
"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"
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When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am
RIP.
The last time I knew he was getting slightly better. 
Another one of my musical heroes moves on. Damn it! John's music filled my life with so many great songs. He features greatly on the sound track of my life. It's going to take some time for this one to stop hurting. My most sincere condolences to Fiona and the boys.
One of my all-time favorites of his. . .
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Back to Muhlenberg 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"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
"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"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"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"When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am
"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"
I hope he’s in paradise now
is to burn one with John Prine"
God Speed John, and thank you from my heart.
As a two-time cancer survivor, he beat the odds by living as long as he did, I suppose. But I would have preferred he stick around another decade or two.
I got to see him live a few years ago. Despite the challenges post-neck surgery, he was still an engaging performer. And of course he was one of the greatest songwriters America has produced. I loved him in Daddy and Them, too.
I first learned of John Prine about 45 years ago, when a friend told me about going to see him sing. She was an early fan and thrilled to have seen him. She told the story of how, after intermission, he explained to the audience what happened to his boutonnière. "Y'all may be wondering what happened to the flower in my lapel. Well, I was standing in a stall in the men's room, and right after I flushed, it just came right off and went into the commode. I just stood there and watched it swirl down and out of sight." He looked down for a second, then back up, and said, "Kinda humbling."
Even though I'd never cared much for country-ish or folkie music, I decided this was a guy I needed to check out.
