The Accident - John Prine 1980 (stereo)

John takes us to the original scene of "The Accident," followed by a live performance of the song.

This clip is from the outstanding "JOHN PRINE LIVE ON SOUNDSTAGE 1980" DVD, released in March, 2007.

I highly recommend this DVD to all John Prine fans. Read more about the DVD at the John Prine Shrine:

http://www.jpshrine.org/2007/SoundstageDVD.htm

John Prine's site: http://www.ohboy.com/

The audio in this upload seems just a wee bit "hot." It's not that way on the DVD- another reason to go out and buy it instead of just watching clips on Youtube.

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Music

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• John
• Prine
• live
• soundstage
• 1980
• The
• Accident
• folk
• stereo

[crackerjacks46]

Tried to view Paradise and comes up not available in my country UMG?? I can view the others why not that one? Loved this one. Thanks for the post.

[jordanthecat]

Something to do with copyright restrictions. YouTube wasn't asked to remove the video, only to make it unavailable in certain places, and I'm not really sure what that accomplishes.

[StAlphege]

Ive posted quite a bit of John Prine, but this is possibly my favourite song of his - something about how he can write such a gem of a song about such a trivial and mundane incident. Genius !

[jordanthecat]

I just realized that I've watched and enjoyed a number of the Prine videos you've uploaded, Laurie. I've subscribed so that I don't lose track of them. Thanks for sharing!

[Ottawarocket]

I'm enjoying these prine vids Ian..Right on! Hey how about another performance from you?

Rob

[jordanthecat]

Hi, Rob! My NZ friend alpheta22 is currently trying to add harmonies to "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" for me. Having never done a collaboration before, neither one of us really knows what the heck we are doing.

[vz07mk]

God almighty, I just cant understand why this man is not officially declared a national treasure. John prine is an incredible song writer, singer, story teller and human being. So unselfish he must be to write something like this for us...we really dont know how lucky we are...to have him with us now. Thank you John prine.

[cynicalwordsmith]

This and Let's talk dirty in hawaiian are two of my all time favorites!

[diddlytube]

Having seen JP live many times over the years, he remains amused by the good lines, as if he's just written the song and is looking at the notebook, saying to himself: "Now that's a winner, I'm gonna go have a smoke and a beer..." Watch the bassist almost laugh, at about 3:40, after he's harmonized the "raped by a min-or-i-tee" line. That's the type of line that only JP can get away with, without coming off like an a-hole, 'coz it's the attitude of the people in the song, not his own.

[1022rebelreddog]

haynes carl is like john as a song writer,,,,,,,,,only 1 prime prine

[smarshall621]

oh my, never seen him with dark hair! LOL

[CactassDupree]

Happy B-Day John  10/10/2010

[foreilly1958]

John Prine is the Norman Rockwell of music.

[homer1co]

I hum this song alot nowadays after encountering a no-one-has-a-fucking-clue 4-way-stop cluster fuck.

[tjbonesaw]

What is trivial about a drunk driving accident?

[Federalette]

Nobody comes close! Love you John!