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4. The power of Prine's song

Sun Apr 13, 2025, 06:35 PM

Apr 13

https://www.themountaineagle.com/articles/years-later-peabody-still-angry-over-classic-song-from-john-prine/

Years later, Peabody still angry over classic song from John Prine

By Mountain Eagle Staff
on July 08, 2015

By BEN NEARY
The Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo.

More than 40 years after it was first recorded, a strip-mining protest song still rankles one of the nation’s largest coal mining companies.

Peabody Energy Corp., which operates major mines in Wyoming, asked a federal judge in Casper to strike lyrics of singer-songwriter John Prine’s 1971 song “Paradise” from a federal lawsuit filed by a pair of environmental activists who claim they were jailed for demonstrating at a company shareholders meeting.

The couple’s lawsuit opens by quoting lyrics of Prine’s song, including this verse:

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Remembering John Prine five years on [View all] cbabe Apr 13 OP

This is song that gets me. Bonnie Riatt's version is almost as good. Their duet is sooo good, too ... marble falls Apr 13 #1

You can't go wrong with John Prine. Midnight Writer Apr 13 #2

A truly great musician! I love all his songs, especially this one: red dog 1 Apr 13 #3

The power of Prine's song cbabe Apr 13 #4

I wonder how that court case turned out. red dog 1 Apr 13 #5

Wyoming college, police lieutenant, Peabody Energy settle 2015 lawsuit over coal protest arrest cbabe Apr 13 #7

Thanks for that red dog 1 Apr 14 #8

"In accordance with John Prine's lyrical wishes, expressed in his song 'Paradise' red dog 1 Apr 13 #6

I was lucky to catch him at Hardly Strictly a few times JoseBalow Apr 14 #9