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Prine songs built to last for years: a fine carpenter

Sunday, November 8, 2009

BY MICHAEL HOCHANADEL

John Prine said he didn’t plan to sing “Grandpa Was a Carpenter” at The Egg on Saturday: His hands just found it on the guitar, so he sang about enjoying pickup truck wanderings with his grandfather, who wore suits for dinner, chain-smoked and hammered nails into planks....

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