Ani Difranco opened for John Prine and joined him for the final song of show. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the song. Help anyone? Sorry for all the shaking!
my eyes get misty watching this, the obvious respect she has for him, the respect he must have for her, the fact that this might be the only time they ever sing this song together, two people doing what they want for the people they love... we should all be so fortunate to have moments like this in our own lives
Thanks to the great John Prine for introducing Ani Difranco to a new audience. She deserves to be heard in the mainstream because she is ducking awesome.
I saw Ani play at Earlham College in 93 or 94 with about 50 other people, and I have to say I would have never seen this duet coming but im here and loving it. And listening to John on my mothers albums since childhood, and I regret never catching him on the road more than just about anything. I use to walk to the church house just to shovel some snow too.
Don't apologize for the "shaking", this video is a gem and we thank you for sharing this beautiful moment, which shows -among other things- that Ani di Franco is really a very humble girl.
They sound perfect together. When they came to Portland I wanted to go so bad, but didn't have the money. This lets me know how great it would've been. Thanks for the clip
do true ... back in the 70’s I was listening to John way up here in Canada!! And Ive loved him ever since and Ill miss him! RIP JOHN PRINE & I hope you are still smokin your 9 mi long cigarette!!
In the mid 70s my wife and I got a boat from Signapore to Perth,Australia. An Aussie on board saw that I was a big JP fan and asked if Iknew the words to Paradise,between us we worked it out.On the last night of the trrip there was a concert and he got up and sangit for us.He was good too. The Everlys do a good version also.
Hard to believe someone can get better with age to this degree! The name this song is "paradise". He will be playing in the Bay area (Cal.) on the 5th, 7th, and 8th THIS week.Can't believe I'm only going to two! Get there!
This is so much fun. I already knew the 2nd part (the harmony she sings the 1st time she comes in) well enough to sing it on my own and here she comes in the 2nd time singing a 3rd part! So it is Ani Difranco and John Prine and me singing 3-part harmony here! How kind of them to exercise/exorcise an old lady like this!
Sweet! Two great artists...so fine. And on a totally unrelated path - I think Jason is playing a G&L Broadcaster guitar. Unique, distinctive, appropriate.
Johnny Cash starred in a movie that was adapted from this song. It was in the 70's and I don't recall the name of the film. It was pretty good from what I remember.
I think Ani has some love for El Bluegrass maybe? Buffalo ain't exactly a big town. I'd bet a dollar she's from a surrounding area. Lockport, Ransomville, etc.
@Randy Bingham Would not have surprised me, in the world we live in now. Loved the song and JP was totally unique. He was kind of like Roger Miller in the way he wrote. Took what was there and wrote a song about it. Tom T. is similar.
Boy, that's an example of showbiz at its.... most pragmatic. Two artists who have damn little in common, and now that her career is fizzling, while he's on the babyboomer's last go-round, she has to stick around for the encore, and he has to hold off on Angel From Montgomery so they can sing a lackluster coffeehouse duet..... "Yee-haw," as somebody in the audience managed to emit....presumably one of their agents....
