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Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
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John Prine
жанры: folk, singer-songwriter
альбомы: Bruised Orange
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"The movie wasn't really doing so hot" Said the new producer to the old big shot It's dying on the edge of the great Midwest Sabu must tour or forever restHey look, ma, here comes the elephant boy Bundled all up in his corduroy Headed down south towards Illinois From the jungles of East St. PaulHis manager sat in the office alone Staring at the numbers on the telephone Wondering how a man could send a child actor To visit in the land of the wind chill factorHey look, ma, here comes the elephant boy Bundled all up in his corduroy Headed down south towards Illinois From the jungles of East St. PaulSabu was sad, the whole tour stunk The airlines lost the elephant's trunk The roadie got the rabies and the scabies and the flu They were low on morale but they were high onHey look, ma, here comes the elephant boy Bundled all up in his corduroy Headed down south towards Illinois From the jungles of East St. PaulFrom the jungles of East St. Paul From the jungles of East St. Paul
Это интересно:Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14, taught by his brother, David. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago.In the late 1960s, while Prine was still delivering mail in Maywood, Illinois, he began to sing at open-mic evenings at the Fifth Peg on Armitage Avenue. Prine was initially a spectator, reluctant to perform, but eventually did so in response to a "You think you can do better?" comment made to him by another performer. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert heard him there and wrote the first review Prine ever received, calling him a great songwriter.... продолжение
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