Threads and Tangents 10/11/22 - Chicago Folk Scene

This week, in celebration of John Prine's birthday, the musical thread that we’ll follow is Folk Music from Chicago. Although John left Chicago for Nashville in 1990, the city and its music was very much a part of his songwriting throughout his life.  

Playing a whole show of John’s music sounds like a fine idea, except for the FCC rules that prohibit it.  So, instead I’m going to bookend the show with John’s songs and fill the middle with songs from musicians that were, along with John, part of Chicago’s 1970’s folk scene.  

This week's songs come from John and: Jethro Burns, Ginni Clemens, Tom Dundee, Steve Goodman, Bonnie Koloc, Utah Phillips, Jim Post (who died on 9/14, hashalom alav), Claudia Schmidt, Michael Smith, Corky Siegel, The Special Consensus, and Art Thieme.