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  • Thanks! Only saw them together once (at a concert in Ann Arbor that was billed only as Steve) but that was amazing.

  • That means theyre thinkin bout removin your videos.

  • WHO are these 7 RETARDS disliking this??

  • What classic song writing!

    

  • my whol adul ife since 1971 has john prine playing soundtrack

  • This song hits home as my childhood souviners were robbed from me. Bring tears to my eyes, even at age 60. Fan since '74

  • The Pride of Maywood AND Chicago's Favorite Son! Gawd, how I love these guys!

  • I have seen John in concert at least once a year for more years then I care to count and he has never failed to dedicate this to Steve. It always adds to this amazing song.

  • Great song and Steve did a great tasty lick in there.

  • listening to these two guys play is just pure.

  • I didn't realize that the 2nd gent is Steve Goodman. Sheesh! He had hair!! But the smile gave it away...during Souvenirs he was smiling like a kid on Christmas morn. Great video, thx very much for posting it.

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  • @rainybroons You mean Steve right? Far as I know John is still with us

  • @translateslowly John is still with us, he's been touring with Kris Kristofferson

  • Girl I Love is an amazing song. That man was talented. Too bad bad things happen to good people

  • @sfperkins36 Life happens to all people.. good, bad and otherwise.

  • stevie was something

  • Never heard Mr. Goodman solo (Girl I love). I must say the song really blew me away, like hearing Dylan, or Neil Young, etc. for the very first time, I will take the "folkies" any day over the Amy Winehouses, Lady GaGa's, bla, bla, bla!

  • to have seen Steve and John together... I would have just melted into a wave of joy

  • I've always loved this, but the thumbs up are what cause these gems to be removed.

  • @thepirateboy81 Please elaborate

  • @translateslowly draws youtube's attention and they remove copyrighted material. Probably not TV though. Sorry.

  • @thepirateboy81 Interesting. I just got a message from youtube that they are taking another look at my videos. Huuum.

  • I have been listening to John Prine since the 70's, when I was living in New Orleans he played on the rverboat regurarly, I never missed a show. I never saw him when he did not put forth 100% he is one of the greatest songwriters I know. Never had the pleasure of meeting or hearing Steve Goodman. I wish I had takeen the time, he was a great artist. Anthony Skeen

  • The best surprise on the net!!!

  • What an homage to have heard this guy play guitar, even though I'd never heard of him for most of my life. He was great! And I feel bad about his premature death. Now I'm STILL kicking myself for taking up the guitar!

  • ....Piece of Heaven.....

  • When I went to see Steve John most likely show up and if you went to see John Steve would show up. To see them was a royal treat. Love John and miss Steve dearly

  • they were so great together. And for gods sake the ending song by steve goodman is amazing

  • now we all know what talent really looks and sounds like

  • two of the best right there\

  • I tear up every time I hear this song.

  • OR maybe those two people accidentally hit the dislike button and were like *shocked face* "Noooooooo!"

  • alot of great songwriters over the years but dammit John Prine wrote about our lives

  • Watching Steve play is such a pleasure. Just watching his face glow. Such a smile. He never seems so happy playing as he does when he is playing with his brother John..

  • originally from Chicago ... got to see them play this together at (Somebody Else's Troubles - I think) awesome song ... can feel the wistful sadness ...

  • They really lock in here. Beautiful.

  • Thanks for posting this rare and wonderful video of these two performing together.

  • 2 people don't know what the word "music" means

    ^_^

  • @Bendrael  What?

  • @translateslowly I believe they are referring to the 2 unfortunate souls that hit the dislike botton to the two awesome songs on this video .

  • @kamikenzie Ohhhhhhhh now I get it! I won't even tell you what I thought it was!

  • John Prine and Steve Goodman are National treasures. History will show that.. I miss Steve and we are blessed John is still here.... Shit this just make me cry to see them play together again....

  • @deewkay1 I agree 200%

  • John Prine and Steve Goodman are National treasures. History will show that.. I miss Steve and we are blessed John is still here.... Love ya John

  • hello people. steve did some nice lead work w/a CAPO!

  • Great Clip... being from Chicago I saw these two all the time... Orphans...

    Earl of Old Town ...Old town school of Folk Music...tons of clubs.

    They were a treat together live.

  • sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle,John and Steve were such good friends and carried that onto the stage,Johnny Cash and Kris K. had the same magic.

  • Thank you! I know that I will meet you one day. Im a Sox fan But excuse me Please...I have loved Mr. Goodman my whole life...

  • Thank you! I know that I will meet you one day

  • Love this song even though it always brings me tears. Gotta love those "Souvenirs"! Thanks gentlemen for some wonderful memories.<3 :)

  • Great man John. I love the way he shares his stage. Not too many are that generous.

  • Makes me cry everytime

  • coopster i hope you uderstand what you witnessed something im sure a ton of people wished they did lucky dude you arel.

  • so beautiful...steve goodman was such a talent..such a shame he died so young...rest in peace...

  • Two great musicians and poets

  • 2 people are retarded or deaf

  • I was lucky enough to see Steve play twice. I used to refer to him as the little guy with the big guitar. :) Due to poor health towards the end of his life, Steve was forced to cancel a show I had tickets to Well not exactly cancel--John Prine came and played instead. The two of them were buddies til the end, and to this day--I saw him just a few months ago--John mentions Steve's name when he plays Souvenirs. Thanks for posting this video, it's wonderful to see the two of them together.

  • OK, who DIDN'T like this video? I can't imagine...

  • RIP Mr Goodman !

  • One of my fav Prine tunes

  • Broken hearts and dirty windows.....

  • I had the good fortune to attend a backyard BBQ in Evanston, IL back in the early 70's at Joan And Tyler Wilson's house. John Prine and Steve Goodman were there and put on quite an amazing set of music on the front porch that day. Good Times, Great People.

  • @coopster2007  You are very blessed to of seen them together. RIP Steve!

  • This song as most prine songs do, has so much meaning. Thanks for posting. Love it.

  • Two great "wordsters" if there ever was two! Steve does pretty good on that guitar, doesn't he?

  • I saw JP and SG at the Paramount Theater in Austin, TX on March 5 1982, the night John Belushi died. John Prine dedicated "Sam Stone" to his old buddy. Brilliant show. R.I.P. Steve Goodman. He was one of those dudes you could tell was a genuinely nice guy from a mile away.

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  • happy new year

  • When music was music....2 guys and a couple guitars...

  • This is my favourite performance of this song thanks!!

  • Saw them perform this live many many years ago...2 of the best.

  • WHAT SOME NO TALENT BUMS!

    ROFL!

    THIS WAS NOTHING BUT AWESOME - THESE TWO WORKED BEAUTIFULLY TOGETHER - BRAVO!

  • John and Steve, two brothers from different mothers. God Bless you both... Miss you Steve and your smile.

  • You cant get any better

  • Asian bridals here **busizz4me.info**

  • I just discovered Steve Goodman,This man was tremendously talented.He is quickly becoming my favorite singer,songwriter.

  • please what is the name of the second song? :)

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  • Translateslowly, thanks for posting, Great song. RIP Steve!

  • Steve doing like John's playing the good part again. I hope John will stay with us for long years to come. God bless them both.

  • @Zsolto66

    For Steve it's to late for any blessings now.

  • That's about as perfect a guitar break as you're ever gonna hear.

  • Been listening to JP since the mid-70's, & this was always one of my faves. Pretty killer performance with Steve Goodman.

  • woo, hoo.....

  • As a teen I played alot of guitar. including john prine. This song was one of my favs. Who is the song affer? Itr seems nice.

  • @jwiwood

    You're the Girl I Love is the title of the second song.

  • @Lincoln2000 Thanks! I like it more and more everytime I listen to it. Great song and great passion.

  • @Lincoln2000 hahaha..I stopped reading after "You're the girl I love"

  • This is a brilliant poem. I remember John Prine when he looked like this. Steve Goodman was still alive too. I had the good fortune to meet Prine back then, 5 years after the fall of Hanoi. He is a Vietnam vet. Look for his song entitled "Sam Stone". When he sang that the audience was entranced. Prine has always been sad. He used to drink a lot when preparing to give a live show. He used to talk tough but he is a real soft-hearted guy who has written some great songs.

  • @C130C5a Sorry, no. John Prine is a vet, but he never served in Vietnam. He served in Germany.

  • John Prine AND Steve Goodman, Who can say more??

  • God let John recover from cancer 'cause he felt bad about taking Steve.

  • I do love them!

  • Wonderful!  Thank you!

  • Beautiful.

  • Two gigantic talents!!

  • John's playing a Guild D-35, mahagony back and sides, spruce top. I have a 1971 D-35 that I've been playing for close to 40 years. I could tell you a story about every mark, seed burn, belt buckle scratch and crack in the wood. It sounds great - much like a Gibson J-45. I got a new Martin HD-28 a few years ago. It's nice, more bottom end and louder than the Guild but each guitar has its own appeal. Don't know what make Steve is playing but it sounds good too.

  • @safeandsound100

    Gitane perhaps

  • @safeandsound100 I have a 74 Guild D-50 that used to be my Dads. I've played this guitar for over 30 years, nothing else sounds like the old Guilds.

  • @pnp522 Right on! Would like to hear the D-50. It would have the inlaid Guild logo on the headstock. My D-35 has a decal. I've owned my Guild for just about 40 years - many a John Prine composition has been played on the old box during those four decades. I saw him perform live in Halifax a few years ago. If I had seen this video before that great show, I would have taken the guitar with me and had him sign it.

  • What year? and where?

  • "I hate grave yards and old pawn shops, cause they always bring me tears. Can't forgive the way they rob me of my childhood souvenirs." Classic John Prine lyrics, brilliant in their simplicity, connecting universal images with deep reflection on the things that matter in life. I love this guy's music.

  • I hate grave yards and old pawnshops

  • great songs from great times

  • superb....... *****

  • Tremendous to see them both again playing together. 

  • I use to see Steve Goodman all the time at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr ,Pa in the last 70's. Just him and his guitar and he was AMAZING. No one was like him, before or since. RIP, Steve

  • Lovely watching Steve's face in this - he was a fine man. Had a nice chat with him riding in to the Winnipeg Folk Festival in the last year of his life. Then he hopped up on stage and held 10,000 people in the palm of his hands for 22 minutes.

    Short sets on the Saturday night mainstage at Winnipeg Folk Festival, short set for Steve's life.

  • Steve Goodman can really play that guitar....John Prine is a song writing genius....he is a gift to us all

  • All the snow has turned to water,

    Christmas days have come and gone.

    Broken toys and faded colours are all that's left to linger on.

    I hate graveyards and old pawn shops,

    For they always bring me tears.

    I can't forgive the way they robbed me of my childhood souvenirs.

    Memories, they can't be boughten.

    They can't be won at carnivals for free.

    Well it took me years to get those souvenirs,

    And i don't know how they slipped away from me.

  • Broken hearts and dirty windows

    Make life difficult to see.

    That's why last night and this morning

    Always look the same to me.

    And I hate reading old love letters

    For they always bring me tears.

    I can't forget the way they robbed me,

    Of my sweetheart's souvenirs.

    Memories ...

  • I remember when these guys used to play Ravinia (IL) back in the early seventies...so good...

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  • Have been a Prine fan since I was in high school '86, my favorite the older i get.

  • Two TRUE Masterminds!!! It DOESN'T get better!!!

  • Although this is amazing, the Steve Goodman song at about 4:16 is an absolute gem!

  • I dare two people to go up with just acoustic guitars and match those sounds

  • a classic

  • This reminds me how much I really miss Steve Goodman.

  • @wwlovetn you are so right....the steve song at the end caught me off balance...had to grab a kleenex

  • Thank God for music that can make a man cry and the ability to do so

  • Steve Goodman was an awsome songwriter. He is Missed. I'm Just glad John is still alive to still play this song, as well as all the awsome songes he has written too.

  • It simply does NOT get ANY better than this.

    Two of my all-time musical heros.

    Too soon gone, Steve.

    Thanks for the memories.

  • Interesting little duet here :)

  • THat's a stage full. Hard to imagine better. Always will miss Steve.

    NAncy

  • coolmolldoll...what brought u to JP?  Glad u enjoy! Somethings are timeless, huh.

  • Many thanks to whoever recorded this, and those who put it up. So bee-you-ti-full it's enuf to make an old man cry.

  • Two good old friends from the halcion days of Chicago Folk Music! A privilege to have known them and shared the stage with them!

  • just love anything this man comes up with such an evocative song

  • tytyty translateslowly - ev'ry time I capo up 5, ppl know what's coming, & big smiles circle the room. Does ANYONE have a vid of "What have you done for me lately"? More lyrical magic from SG. "Cast your bread upon the waters, & what do you get - some hard luck story, & your bread gets wet"

  • Happy Fathers' Day

  • God... what an amazing talent to have left us so very young!

  • we do!

  • I have just found this version of souvenirs, one of my John Prine favourites. Steve Goodman adds a lot.

  • Having listened to this song for almost 40 years, it has meanings that have changed over the years. Best version of Prine onthis song, thanks Goodman!

  • No way I can watch Steve Goodman without tears welling up in my eyes. Truly and sadly missed.

  • I will always love love this song..means a lot

  • I hate Google street view, for it always brings me tears.

  • Saw John Prine on Letterman the other night ... I wonder how many kids born since the middle 70's know who Steve Goodman, Gary P. Nunn, Jerry Jeff Walker or Ray Wylie Hubbard are??? ... to name few.

  • I've had this album, cassettes and CD's. I wear it out.  "Prime Prine" is the soundtrack of my life. Thanks for posting this.

  • Damn! Steve Goodman was a one-man-band! What a beautiful voice, incredible guitar. This love song was such an incredible addition to Souvenirs with John Prine. Souvenirs was obviously a product of Steve's lyrical genius. Every song Prine produced with Goodman was priceless. You're the Girl I Love is beyond compare.

  • Prine says he always liked playing this with Steve cos Steve had a way of playing that made John think he was playing lead. lol

  • Steve Goodman was one of the very best composers. Does somebody have his song called "Door Number Three" that they can upload? I listen to selected You Tube songs at the end of the day, and it would be fab to listen to that one. I have the album (yes, album) it's on, but I have no idea how to put it on You Tube. Help?!

  • @cliftongal51 Live perfromances of "Door Number Three" are on YouTube, one by Steve Goodman and one by Jimmy Buffett. Just search.

  • genius times two....you're sorely missed steve....rip

  • Steve Goodman's guitar was simply awesome; both Souvenirs and You're the Girl I Love. He was an incredible talent, lyrically and instrumentally. What a loss, but he managed to cram a lifetime of living into a few short years before he died. A lesson to be learned living life in the present moment to its fullest extent. The Souvenirs audience sure looks dated lol. You're the Girl I Love couldn't be more perfect. His voice reminds me of Cat Stevens.

  • If someone does not love JP & SG... dog help them!

  • John was right about one thing. Steve had a way of picking this song that made his sound like a better guitar player.

  • I was friends with John Prine and Steve Goodman, and had spent a lot of time with both of them — but never at the same time. So in 1974, I went to the Philly Folk Festival to see them play together. I camped out with an old girlfriend the first night, then shared a motel room with Stevie the next two nights. (This video wasn't from that festival, but it brings back the memories of how great they were together.)

  • @WhatWouldTubeDo Just want to be clear about this, so no one gets the wrong idea about what I wrote. Goodman had a spare bed in his motel room, so he invited me to stay with him. Yes, separate beds. By the way, I travelled from Minneapolis to Philadelphia to see Goodman and Prine perform together. As it turned out, I got to hang with all of the musicians after-hours in the motel, where the jamming all took place.

  • Precious!

  • jhurt; I think Goodman's guitar may be a Selmer/Maccaferri type, like Django played

  • There is not a better love song than Steve's song

  • I always get transfixed when watching this video, bringing my productivity down like by 100%. *Sigh... back to work.

  • I love bluegrass, but this is Classic!

  • my dad knew Goodman

  • Is it just me... or does Steve Goodman look like Teller from Pen & Teller?

  • yes.....

    ty for preserving our history, our memories.

  • goosebumps.... this is one of the best performances ive seen on youtube! they have such a good chemistry between them, and goodmans solos are amazing!

  • haven't we all been there at one point or another? i've been listening to souveniers for over 30 years. it gets better every time i hear it. caper diem, nothing lasts for ever

  • Goodman and Prine... It does not get any better. Two of the best. Simple and true.

  • well put.

  • I found it. I found a song that cleanse and nourish my soul.

  • oh my.... what a surprise of a souvenir, I think this might be the oldest Goodman video I have seen.... has me all choked up. Thank you!

  • im only 14 and i listen to Green Gay and Nine Inch Nails and even i can tell that this song is just the most amazing thing ever! its so beautifull!! i love this song so much!

  • @coolmolldoll Really, Steve Goodman wrote the most beautful love song ever. He was beautiful and this song is beautiful too.

  • @thelizinator yes i know...hense the comment...

    oh and now im 15...but still! :D

  • @coolmolldoll Awesome. Don't stop digging. The radio is poison. Real music is played in tiny bars. Hopefully it still will be by the time you can enter tiny bars. Until then, keep looking online. Go check out Hank 3, but he's not on the same level as Prine. I guarantee he's a fan tho. Also, I'm pretty sure Green Gay was a typo, but I'd like to wish it was more of a Freudian Slip!!!! Billie Joe's a hack & just uses pop culture & CNN to make more & more $ Don't believe what the TV says about USA.

  • @coolmolldoll it's greatness indeed and Im 55 this month lol

  • I self taught myself how to play tis song

    listening to this version on a J Prine cd.

    Thank you for posting this. sometimes it brings a tear to my eye when I play it. I miss Steve Goodman!

  • realy great song o yes

  • I originally came here for "Souvenirs,," but now keep coming back for "Say It In Private" - it is such a wonderful version, much better than the studio cut. Love it. :)

  • I love this song so much. This is one of my favorites. Great song but depressing on a level that is just off the charts for some. I don't know the 2nd song on the video Steve Goodman sings.

  • You're The Girl I Love

  • @craig4252 The second song is "Say It In Private", which was the title cut from an L.P. that Goodman made in the 70's, which was very good by the way. Damofino I sure miss the talented Steve Goodman!

  • Magic.

  • i never know if this will work

    hope so

    cause i just want to say

    10 cmments in the last two weeks

    incredile

    love you steve

  • I'm uploading all the Steve Goodman songs I got if anyone is interested.