7 Essential tracks from John Prine, folk music’s Mark Twain

NEW YORK (AP) — Some people, the songs just come out of them. For nearly half a century, they tumbled out of John Prine like nothing. His songs -- compassionate, funny, sage -- make up an American songbook that would be staggeringly intimidating if it wasn’t so warm and welcoming. He began -- with a dare at an infamous... read full story

"There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes/ Jesus Christ died for nothin', I suppose."