This three CD set features some of the finest live performances made during the lengthy career of the hugely influential singer-songwriter John Prine. Disc One showcases a show from The Bottom Line in New York in 1978. Disc Two features a show performed in support of John's 1986 album German Afternoons, in front of a rapt audience in Asheville, NC in October that year. This box concludes with Prine's set at The Singer-Songwriter Festival in Frutigen, Switzerland on 13th May 1996, in support of Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings album.
Disc 1:
The Great Compromise
Angel From Montgomery
A Good Time
Hey, Good Lookin'/Jambalaya
Quiet Man
Spanish Pipedream
Hello In There
Interview
The Frying Pan
Interview
Sam Stone
Interview
Donald And Lydia
Spanish Pipedream
Interview
Flashback Blues
Disc 2:
Lulu Walls
The Torch Singer
Aw Heck
Six O'Clock News
Out Of Love Out Of You
Donald And Lydia
Blue Umbrella
Souvenirs
Grandpa Was A Carpenter
Fish And Whistle
Storm Windows
Illegal Smile
Dear Abby
Far From Me
Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
Linda Goes To Mars
Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
The Great Compromise
Sam Stone
Sailin' Around
My Own Best Friend
Spanish Pipedream
Disc 3:
Spanish Pipedream
Six O'Clock News
Fish And Whistle
Picture Show
You Got Gold
All The Best
Ain't Hurtin' Nobody
Angel From Montgomery
Donald And Lydia
Dear Abby
Unwed Fathers
That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round
Sam Stone
Please Don't Bury Me
Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
Paradise
Souvenirs