A serious John

This CD is a great CD, but it is not what I think of as classic John Prine. John obviously is pensive and definitely a lot more serious on this CD and it comes through on most of the tunes. But the witticism is John through and through.

Same Shtuff, Different Day and CD

I have a lot of John Prine music and I've loved seeing him in concert many times. That said, I really don't have a lot of interest in a CD where the artist has run out of ideas and essentially re-works his older material. This might not be what other Prine fans want to hear, but just because I am glad he's seemingly beaten cancer, I am not going to praise this weaker piece of work. I would have liked to have heard something from John Prine which didn't sound like a song he'd previously released. I've already got his old music and to be asked to pay for a slightly re-worked version under the guise of new music doesn't cut it with me. On the other hand, if you're new to John Prine, you can buy either this or his older music and you'll probably be happy. Hopefully Prine will return to creating new music and not just marketing his older work in a new package.

A gift for a true blues lover