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John Prine (born October 10, 1946) is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a composer, recording artist, and live performer since the early 1970s.
Born and raised in Maywood, Illinois, Prine learned to play the guitar at the age of 14. Subsequently serving in West Germany with the U.S. armed forces, by the late 1960s he had moved to Chicago, where he worked as a mailman, writing and singing songs as a hobby. Becoming a part of the city's folk revival, he was discovered by Kris Kristofferson, resulting in the production of Prine's self-titled debut album through Atlantic Records in 1971. After receiving critical acclaim, Prine focused on his musical career, recording three more albums for Atlantic. He then signed to Asylum Records, where he recorded an additional three albums.
In 1984 he co-founded Oh Boy Records, an independent record label with whom he would release most of his subsequent albums. After his battle with squamous cell cancer in 1998, Prine's vocals deepened into a gravel-voice, resulting in the award-winning album Fair & Square (2005).
John Prine is the first album by American country/folk singer-songwriter John Prine, issued by Atlantic Records in 1971. In 2003, the album was ranked number 452 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Prine was offered a recording contract by Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records after the record executive saw the singer perform several of his own songs at a Kris Kristofferson show at the Bitter End. The song "Paradise" was recorded at A&R Studios in New York (with Prine's brother Dave and good friend Steve Goodman as sidemen) but the remaining cuts were recorded at American Recording Studios in Memphis. Produced by Arif Mardin, who had previously collaborated with the likes of Aretha Franklin and King Curtis, Prine found his new studio surroundings intimidating. In the Great Days: The John Prine Anthology liner notes he admits, "I was terrified. I went straight from playing by myself, still learning how to sing, to playing with Elvis Presley's rhythm section."
Standard Songs for Average People is an album by John Prine and Mac Wiseman, released in 2007 (see 2007 in music). Wiseman was 82 years old at the time of the recording and Prine was 60.
Writing for Allmusic, critic Mark Deming wrote of the album "The craft is strong on Standard Songs for Average People, but at its heart it sounds like two friends singing some old songs they love on a quiet evening, and that's part of the album's strength -- these are 14 songs sung by two guys who know a great tune when they hear it, and they allow these numbers to work their magic simply, which serves them very well." Music critic Don Grant wrote "This release by veterans Prine and Wiseman doesn't break any new ground... As would be expected from two performers of this caliber, the tunes are well executed and come off with nary a hitch. If you're a new listener to this game, by all means pick it up and expand your horizons. However, for most, it's probably a shade on the redundant side." Mike Wilson of The Green Man Review gave the album a positive rating, calling it "an honest and heartfelt recording."
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "In the Garden" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: I come to the garden a...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "I Love You Because" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: I love you becaus...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "Just the Other Side of Nowhere" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: I've ...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: I fo...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "Saginaw Michigan" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: was born in Saginaw ...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "Blue Eyed Elaine" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: Side by side we'll ...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing, "Old Cape Cod" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: “How old do you think ...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "Pistol Packin' Mama" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: Lay that pistol ...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "Blue Side of Lonesome" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: I'm calling to...
John Prine and Mac Wiseman singing "Death of Floyd Collins" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People" Available here: https://fanlink.to/standardsongs Stay to Up Date with John Prine Releases, News, & Merchandise: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_prine/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnPrine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnPrineMusic John Prine Store: https://store.johnprine.com/ Mailing List: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1794389/1229/?v=a Subscribe to Oh Boy Records: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX7kRW86xnQwRSu7GhH83Q?sub_confirmation=1 Oh Boy Records: https://www.ohboy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohboyrecords/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohboyrecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohboyrecords Lyrics: Oh, come all ...
John Prine (born October 10, 1946) is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a composer, recording artist, and live performer since the early 1970s.
Born and raised in Maywood, Illinois, Prine learned to play the guitar at the age of 14. Subsequently serving in West Germany with the U.S. armed forces, by the late 1960s he had moved to Chicago, where he worked as a mailman, writing and singing songs as a hobby. Becoming a part of the city's folk revival, he was discovered by Kris Kristofferson, resulting in the production of Prine's self-titled debut album through Atlantic Records in 1971. After receiving critical acclaim, Prine focused on his musical career, recording three more albums for Atlantic. He then signed to Asylum Records, where he recorded an additional three albums.
In 1984 he co-founded Oh Boy Records, an independent record label with whom he would release most of his subsequent albums. After his battle with squamous cell cancer in 1998, Prine's vocals deepened into a gravel-voice, resulting in the award-winning album Fair & Square (2005).
humanity rising
life depriving
mankind decline
black humor falls in place
evolve in catalogue
prey of progress
self-evolution contribution
retributin at hand
pitch your fall for the big show
grand illusion of fruition
through suspicions of our end
next in line
step to me and bass the buck
it's only human actions
force me to lash out and crush
every day i see
the cattle march by
clueless victims of society's
numbing effects
told to listen, forced to turn off,
obey... non-thinking
conform to norm
or be tagged as wrong
wake-up sleeping nation