John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73

NYT ^ | 4/7/2020 | William Grimes

[Borges]

John Prine, the raspy-voiced country-folk singer whose ingenious lyrics to songs by turns poignant, angry and comic made him a favorite of Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and others, died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He was 73. The cause was complications from Covid-19, his family said. Mr. Prine underwent cancer surgery in 1998 to remove a tumor in his neck identified as squamous cell cancer, which had damaged his vocal cords. In 2013, he had part of one lung removed to treat lung cancer.

[omega4412]

Hope his flag decal gets him into heaven. RIP.

[cdcdawg]

Ugh. He was one of the greats. Saw him almost 30 years ago. Outstanding live performance. RIP

[Lurker]

RIP Mr. Prine. Maybe I’ll see you at Lake Marie.

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[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

RIP

[The_Media_never_lie]

I am sad to hear this; equally sad I never saw him perform.

[Fungi]

RIP John. Christ love you. This broke my heart today. Prayers for your family.

[tet68]

Damn. Just Damn.

[Pelham]

John Prine - Angel From Montgomery

[Eagles6]

Liked him.

Saw him back in the late 70's, I think.

RIP.

[af_vet_1981]

This song I remember; did not not he was a co-writer.



In 1974, singer David Allan Coe achieved considerable success on the country charts with Goodman's and John Prine's "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", a song which good-naturedly spoofed stereotypical country music lyrics. Prine refused to take a songwriter's credit for the song, although Goodman bought Prine a jukebox as a gift from his publishing royalties. Goodman's name is mentioned in Coe's recording of the song, in a spoken epilogue in which Goodman and Coe discuss the merits of "the perfect country and western song."

[SamAdams76]

Discovered John Prine on "Outlaw Country" (previously "Americana") on the Sirius/XM network.

His catalog is well worth exploring. RIP.

[bray]

One of the original TX Rat Pack. Loved him and Jerry Jeff with their ballads.

[tet68]

Where the air smelled like snakes and we
shot with our pistols but empty pop bottles
was all we would kill...RIP John P.

[WayneM]

Even though I was somewhat expecting he might not make it, this gutted me when I read it. He has been on my personal playlist for decades now.

Just hate to lose such a treasure.

Rest in peace, John.

[READINABLUESTATE]

https://youtu.be/GUcsoA4NblA

Way down:(

[FreedomPoster]

We saw John twice in January at the 30A Songwriter Festival, 4 times in October at the All The Best Fest in the Dominican Republic, NYE 2018-19 at the Grand Ole Opry, and in May 2018 at Beaver Dam KY within 10 miles of the former site of Paradise, KY (Muhlenberg County).

Needless to say, we are bummed.

[PlateOfShrimp]

Sad, what a talented guy

Hope he is in heaven growing a lot of peaches and helping his kids find Jesus.

[chalkfarmer]

Know the words to all of his songs...

[The FIGHTIN Illini]

He was a great songwriter and story teller. RIP John.

Saw him perform live probably 5 or 6 times. First time back in ‘78.

Putting on a little Illegal Smile on his honor!