Grimbo Jangles & The Nashville Byline Perspective on The Diner
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I'm a songwriter from Dundee, Scotland
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I wrote the song
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Hearing "Telstar" by the Tordadoes in 1960
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About 11 years ago
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Country
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Organically
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Love, loss, relationships, behaviours
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The late John Prine as he was a wonderful performer and by all accounts great company
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John Prine : humuorous and empathetic observations on life
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A mixture of folk, country, rock and ballads
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John Prine _ a wonderful story teller
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"The Diner", a story of happiness forged from sadness
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John Prine, Michael Nesmith and the Beach Boys : all wonderful performers
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I don't perform, just write music
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John Prine : it would be fantastic to write a song with such a great stroyteller
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Pebble Beach golf course
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happy, sad, worthwhile
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Entertaining, listenable, lyrical
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Youtube
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No, I just write when I feel I have something to say
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Praise from other songwriters
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People wanting to buy/listen to your music
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Find new ways of putting over a message
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Portraying life in different ways
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"Hello In Thetre" by John Prine, still capable of making people cry 50 years on
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Noe so far fortunately
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Forgetting what I was meaning to say
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Artists being adequately rewarded for their songs
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Local government, waiter, working on farm
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Ups and downs in sport mirror ups and downs in life
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Songwriting isn't lonely for me, I can write even when not alone
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Looking at things and events and trying to describe them
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A great song
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Music
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John Prine, Michael Nesmith, Gordon Lightfoot
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Never throw any lyrics away
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Enjoyment
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Being recognised as having worth