John Prine RIP

[tweber]

Philip Donnelly (known as the Clontarf Cowboy) was a good friend of John Prine's and he played guitar on the original of Speed of the Sound of Loneliness - what a beautiful sound he got for the solo. Philip Donnelly died just last December. Anybody old enough will remember a local band called Elmer Fudd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFvenjll1Bk

RTE had a programme called The Session... here is Philip Donnelly and John Prine playing with other well known Irish musicians. The video quality isn't great, probably copied from a videotape, but enjoyable nonetheless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R2cA4x2OzU

Thanks Cyndale, The Session was my first introduction to a lot of music that has stuck with me for probably 30yrs. I remember as a teenager seeing the likes of Joe Ely and David Grissom for the first time on it, Marty Stuart too and a big one was seeing"a guy"( John Prine as it turned out but unknown to me then) introducing Lyle Lovett for the first time to Irish audiences. The session was a great series and as I understand it was pushed by Philip Donnelly to bring these big American artists he worked with back home to an audience in Ireland. Both big losses in their own ways.

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[Cyndale]

Great stuff, thanks for that!