John Prine
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The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area. He emerged in 1971 with a highly acclaimed debut album titled John Prine. He and friend Steve Goodman (another folk singer-songwriter) had been minor stars in the Chicago folk scene before being “discovered” by Kris Kristofferson. The album John Prine included his signature songs “Illegal Smile”, “Sam Stone”, and the environmentalist newgrass standard “
Paradise”. The album also included “Hello In There”, a song about aging that was later covered by Joan Baez, Bette Midler, and Eddi Reader, and “Angel From Montgomery”, a song now also associated with Bonnie Raitt, who occasionally brings Prine on-stage with her for live performances of the song. The album received many positive reviews, and some hailed Prine as “the next Dylan”. Bob Dylan himself appeared unannounced at one of Prine’s first New York City club appearances, anonymously backing him on harmonica.Later albums include Sweet Revenge (1973, containing such Prine fan favorites as “Dear Abby”, “Grandpa was a Carpenter”, and “Christmas In Prison”), and Common Sense (1975, with “Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard”).
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songfactslastfm
"I've always admired John Prine, he was a great guy in the studio." - Chris Knight discusses collaborating with John Prine: http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/chris_knight/
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mr_music007
i really been getting into his music
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reagan0
One of Dylan's favorite artists. I'll have to throw my hat in with Bob on this.
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mynameisjoehann
One of the best Folk artists ever
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tuffentiny
<3
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smiddy012
This guys still got it, saw him live... the instrumentals are much better than the stuff I've heard that's recorded. Much better than I thought it was going to be.
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foreverapanda
I will always love John Prince. <3
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slaterbaiter
king of the crooners.
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donyo
one of the greatest artists to ever live, just saw him at hardly strictly, can definitely die a happy man now
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GreatBarcia
this car's gonna fall into the bottomless lake
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tzadick1
One of my top 3 artists of all time. Elton John, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker.
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Druid66
Underrated C&W crooner of depth.
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Drazba
well worth seeing live-saw him about 95 at the ryman-totally kick ass show-as a bonus iris dement was with him-great stories and a total hoot-thanks for the photos
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Irienow3
New John Prine photos just released from last Bonnaroo Music Festival - http://www.performanceimpressions.com/John_Prine_Bonnaroo/index.html
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GreatBarcia
fucking amazing
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benadlard
Terrific!
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TheGnome123
awesome show in northhampton mass!
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LivingScarecrow
Hello in theeeeeeeeeeeere, hello
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holdenkovach
I lived in Romania for a year, and the only CD I had was John Prine Live. Every single one of those songs is intricately weaved into each aspect of my life. I'm so thankful for John.
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thetwelve13
Just saw him last night in Kalamazoo! Second row, right in front of him = most amazing experience of my life, thus far.
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