John Prine
“Live from Austin City Limits 1977”
Austin City Limits, Austin, TX
1977-08-28

Lineage: SBD Audio > TV Broadcast > VHS Tape > ??? > WAV > Track Splitting > FLAC Level 8

Setlist:

1. Spanish Pipedream
2. Six O’Clock News
3. Fish and Whistle
4. Illegal Smile
5. That’s the Way That the World Goes ‘Round
6. Hello in There
7. Intro to The Bottomless Lake
8. The Bottomless Lake
9. Intro to Bruised Orange
10. Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
11. Intro to Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
12. Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
13. Pretty Good
14. Paradise
15. There She Goes
16. Saddle in the Rain

Total Duration: 56 minutes and 27 seconds

Band:

John Prine – guitar, vocals
Rachel Peer – bass, harmony vocals
Rick Chudacoff – bass
Jerry McEwen – guitar
Rick Shulman – guitar
George T. Clinton – keyboards
Peter Bunetta – drums

Notes:

John Prine performed on the ACL show 8 times during his career, and this is his ACL debut. The show was broadcast in 1978, but was actually recorded on 28th August 1977 according to JPShrine.

This short set includes some of the earliest known performances of songs from “Bruised Orange” album, which was not released until a year later. It’s also the first known recording of Prine with bassist Rachel Peer, who would later become John’s wife during the 80’s and inspired the songwriter to write “All the Best” after their divorce. The band here is entirely different from the band on the album.

I have the video of the show somewhere too, but the video is a lossy-sourced mp4 file, so I decided to only share the audio of the show. I don’t think this copy of the show has ever been circulated before. There is some tape hiss throughout the show, but it’s nonetheless a good-sounding recording.

For setlists from this show and a bunch of other John Prine shows, please visit my John Prine setlist page at http://ddpro.ucoz.com/setlists/johnprine/. The setlists of all John Prine live recordings I know will all be posted there, along with a 90-second sample for each recording.