Threads and Tangents 10/10/23 - John Prine’s birthday

October 10th is John Prine’s birthday so this week's musical thread has got to be about John, though instead of hearing John play his own songs we’ll hear covers of his songs plus a couple written about John.    
Before you start, you might want pour yourself a Handsome Johnny to enjoy during the show.  It was Prine’s signature cocktail and he gave us the ingredients in the When I Go to Heaven chorus.  The recipe’s simple enough: fill a cocktail glass with ice, add a couple of ounces of vodka and enough ginger ale to top off the glass.  John recommends diet ginger ale.  Then stir it and drop in a slice of lemon in the summer, or lime in the winter,
We'll hear music from: Joan Baez & Kris Kristofferson, Califone, Drive-By Truckers, Jeffrey Foucault, Steve Goodman, Sierra Hull, Will Kimbrough, Bettye LaVette, Bonnie Raitt with John, Todd Snider, Justin Vernon, and Kurt Vile. 
Anything on your mind? Email me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org