Since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1971, John Prine amazed fans and critics alike with his ability to put the world in a song. One of the greatest songwriters of our generation ...

Honestly, we wouldn't be out of place if we just picked 10 songs from John Prine's self-titled debut album for our list of the Top 10 John Prine Songs. It's not that his career didn't yield ...

6. “Sam Stone” There are few lyrics as sobering as this one from John Prine’s “Sam Stone”: “There’s a hole in daddy’s arm, where all the money goes.” Taken from his 1971 self ...

Material from John Prine’s vast catalog of albums and songs dot Billboard’s April 18-dated charts following the singer-songwriter’s April 7 death.

Here’s a list of the top 10 best John Prine songs. By Chuck Dauphin There is a definite warmth to the music of John Prine. As a songwriter, he has notched hits from the likes of Country Music ...

Former Times staffer Robert Hilburn opines that from his debut album in 1971, John Prine, who recently died, was one of the greatest songwriters America has ever produced.

No one writes the way John Prine did. As Bob Dylan once remarked, Prine’s lyrics are “pure Proustian existentialism, Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree.” Before his death in 2020, he ...

You can partly explain the abundance of riches on John Prine's 1971 self-titled debut album by noting Prine had been honing those words and melodies for years before he ever had the chance to ...

John Prine’s Summer’s End captures a soft goodbye through warm acoustic sounds and heartfelt lyrics from his final album, The Tree of Forgiveness.

Later in life, Prine worked as a mailman for five years and was drafted in 1966 into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam conflict. While serving as a mailman in Chicago, he began writing songs and ...

John Lennon's 'Whatever Gets You Thru The Night' and Peter Gabriel's 'Don't Give Up' complete his top ten list. Here are Elton John's top 10 favorite songs:. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley.

How John Prine's Chicago area upbringing influenced his career. CHICAGO (CBS) – He was a Maywood native who went on to be a beloved folk singer. John Prine often told stories in his songs, but ...