I'm an expatriate Chicagoan. An old folkie from the Steve Goodman / John Prine days. I grew up with them and with Roger Ebert. Here is an Ebert Sun Times column where he includes the first review ever of a John Prine show.
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Editor's Note: October 12, 2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor being federally designated as a National Heritage Area National Heritage Area. This month also marks Gullah Geechee Heritage Month, so No Depression is sharing this feature from the Summer 2018 "(Im)
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