Kind of a nice tribute to John Prine

[frankmcr]

First ever Honorary Poet Laureate of Illinois:

https://www.nme.com/news/music/john-...ureate-2699144

[llew]

A most deserving tribute!

[MHC]

I can't think of a more deserving honoree. And if they continue to have poet laureates in Illinois -- that'd be great. A lot of fine writers and songwriters in that state.

[MakingMusic]

Interesting. But not being a fan of poetry, this post sent me off to do a quick search of what Poet Laureate of Illinois is all about and I agree John was certainly deserving of this recognition.

I was also surprised I had actually heard of one other of Illinois' past Poet Laureates, Carl Sandburg. But Pandora couldn't come up with any Carl Sandburg songs tho so I'll stick with John Prine.

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by MakingMusic

Interesting. But not being a fan of poetry, this post sent me off to do a quick search of what Poet Laureate of Illinois is all about and I agree John was certainly deserving of this recognition.

I was also surprised I had actually heard of one other of Illinois' past Poet Laureates, Carl Sandburg. But Pandora couldn't come up with any Carl Sandburg songs tho so I'll stick with John Prine.

Carl Sandburg sings & plays:



Anybody else detect a possible influence on Bob Dylan? (thinking "I Shall be Free #10" etc.)

Sandburg's American Songbag (1927) was a pioneering anthology of US folk songs.

[MakingMusic]

Originally Posted by frankmcr

Carl Sandburg sings & plays

Anybody else detect a possible influence on Bob Dylan?

How did I miss that? A Bob Dylan influence for sure!

[Kh1967]

Love this. As a life long resident of Illinois I must say, we got this one right.

[Bob Womack]

And then there's this one:



I think this one is pretty cool, too.

Bob