And the story of "You Never Even Called Me By My Name"...

Songwriters Steve Goodman and John Prine were roomies back in the day, I think this night, they were on the road, staying in a motel. They wrote this song. John Prine said something like "This is the stupidest song ever written, take my name off of it, I don't want to be any part of this nonsense." I guess Goodman took him seriously, because he did just that. And it became an anthem. Years later, Goodman bought Prine a very expensive jukebox, full of records. It cost many thousands of dollars. I guess he did it in jest, so Prine could listen to a lot of songs and pick a hit, lol.
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Bill