John Prine and Iris DeMent – In Spite of Ourselves
An evening pause: Thanks to Keith for sending me this video. Note that I am open to any recommendations of good videos for posting as an Evening Pause, including music, engineering, comedy, anything quirky or interesting with a spark of originality.
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Too funny, thanks for the laugh!
You may want to check out the ‘Will it Blend?’ series of videos.
Wonderful video Keith; thanks for posting Bob, showed this to my wife; ” Look/listen, it’s a couple singin’ to each other!” Ain’t it wonderful!
John Prine also has a very touching song that I like – “Hello in there”.
Thanks for sharing RZ !
John Prine is one of the “Yet-to-be-greatest”.
John’s “Hello in There” is exquisitely gentle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwGkplB_sY&list=RDRfwGkplB_sY
Very nice. As an evening pause it wouldn’t be my first choice because as a general rule I want to see a live performance rather than an edited collection of images. I do make exceptions, however.
If you or anyone wants to send me any suggestions, please let me know and I will email you direct. I want people to email me the link so I can view and schedule it rather than have it appear in the comments first.