John Prine (born October 10, 1946) is an Americancountry/folksinger-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).
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."
Old Prine song about the horrors of strip mining in Kentucky
published: 20 Jul 2007
John Prine - Paradise
John Prine - Paradise
John Prine , vocal and guitar with John Burns , guitar and harmony vocal
" If God's got a favorite songwriter , I think it's John Prine - KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -
(November 4 , 2003 at Prine's induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame)
published: 21 Nov 2012
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Sturgill Simpson and John Prine perform "Paradise" (aka Mr. Peabody's Coal Train) at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.
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published: 26 Jul 2016
Paradise
By John Prine. This version based on that of the Seldom Scene. This video has been a long time coming. We did not in fact get a noise complaint after filming, although we deserved one. The sirens were for something else.
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Carson McKee -- Eastman MD-505 Mandolin
Bob Barrick -- Martin DR guitar
Josh Turner -- Gibson RB Banjo
Filmed on a Canon Rebel T3i
Recorded on a Zoom H2
Edited in Pro Tools and Adobe Premiere.
published: 28 Jun 2016
John Prine Paradise
John Prine performs this classic from his debut album
published: 23 Apr 2010
John Prine & Emmylou Harris, Paradise
Emmylou Harris and John Prine for Bonaparte's Retreat at the City Winery Nashville with Mary Gauthier, Sheryl Crow and Fiona Prine on January 22, 2017
John Prine - Paradise
John Prine , vocal and guitar with John Burns , guitar and harmony vocal
" If God's got a favorite songwriter , I think it's John Prin...
John Prine - Paradise
John Prine , vocal and guitar with John Burns , guitar and harmony vocal
" If God's got a favorite songwriter , I think it's John Prine - KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -
(November 4 , 2003 at Prine's induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame)
John Prine - Paradise
John Prine , vocal and guitar with John Burns , guitar and harmony vocal
" If God's got a favorite songwriter , I think it's John Prine - KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -
(November 4 , 2003 at Prine's induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame)
Sturgill Simpson and John Prine perform "Paradise" (aka Mr. Peabody's Coal Train) at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.
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Sturgill Simpson and John Prine perform "Paradise" (aka Mr. Peabody's Coal Train) at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.
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Sturgill Simpson and John Prine perform "Paradise" (aka Mr. Peabody's Coal Train) at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.
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By John Prine. This version based on that of the Seldom Scene. This video has been a long time coming. We did not in fact get a noise complaint after filming, a...
By John Prine. This version based on that of the Seldom Scene. This video has been a long time coming. We did not in fact get a noise complaint after filming, although we deserved one. The sirens were for something else.
Kingdom Jasmine: http://bit.ly/290y3Wl
The Other Favorites: http://bit.ly/29l10t0
Carson McKee -- Eastman MD-505 Mandolin
Bob Barrick -- Martin DR guitar
Josh Turner -- Gibson RB Banjo
Filmed on a Canon Rebel T3i
Recorded on a Zoom H2
Edited in Pro Tools and Adobe Premiere.
By John Prine. This version based on that of the Seldom Scene. This video has been a long time coming. We did not in fact get a noise complaint after filming, although we deserved one. The sirens were for something else.
Kingdom Jasmine: http://bit.ly/290y3Wl
The Other Favorites: http://bit.ly/29l10t0
Carson McKee -- Eastman MD-505 Mandolin
Bob Barrick -- Martin DR guitar
Josh Turner -- Gibson RB Banjo
Filmed on a Canon Rebel T3i
Recorded on a Zoom H2
Edited in Pro Tools and Adobe Premiere.
John Prine - Paradise
John Prine , vocal and guitar with John Burns , guitar and harmony vocal
" If God's got a favorite songwriter , I think it's John Prine - KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -
(November 4 , 2003 at Prine's induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame)
Sturgill Simpson and John Prine perform "Paradise" (aka Mr. Peabody's Coal Train) at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.
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The recording industry's most prestigious award, the GRAMMY, is presented annually by The Recording Academy. A GRAMMY is awarded by The Recording Academy's voting membership to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences. It is truly a peer honor, awarded by and to artists and technical professionals for artistic or technical achievement, not sales or chart positions (GRAMMY Awards Voting Process:http://www.grammy.org/recording-acade...). The annual GRAMMY Awards presentation brings together thousands of creative and technical professionals in the recording industry from all over the world.
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Sturgill Simpson and John Prine Perform "Paradise" (Mr. Peabody's Coal Train) | GRAMMYs
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By John Prine. This version based on that of the Seldom Scene. This video has been a long time coming. We did not in fact get a noise complaint after filming, although we deserved one. The sirens were for something else.
Kingdom Jasmine: http://bit.ly/290y3Wl
The Other Favorites: http://bit.ly/29l10t0
Carson McKee -- Eastman MD-505 Mandolin
Bob Barrick -- Martin DR guitar
Josh Turner -- Gibson RB Banjo
Filmed on a Canon Rebel T3i
Recorded on a Zoom H2
Edited in Pro Tools and Adobe Premiere.
John Prine (born October 10, 1946) is an Americancountry/folksinger-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).
Black faces pressed against the glass Where rain has pressed it's weight Wind blown scarves in top down cars All share one western trait Sadness leaks through tear-stained cheeks From winos to dime-store Jews Probably don't know they give me These late John Garfield blues Midnight fell on Franklin Street And the lamppost bulbs were broke For the life of me, I could not see But I heard a brand new joke Two men were standing upon a bridge One jumped and screamed you lose And just left the odd man holding Those late John Garfield blues An old man sleeps with his conscience at night Young kids sleep with their dreams While the mentally ill sit perfectly still And live through life's in-betweens I'm going away to the last resort In week or two real soon Where the fish don't bite but once a night By the cold light of the moon The horses scream- the nightmares dream And the dead men all wear shoes 'Cause everybody's dancin' Those late John Garfield blues
He followed that with a rendition of John Prine’s “Paradise,” choking up as he explained how the song spoke to the Depression-era journeys of Appalachians out to California — ...
I saw a stranger, an older gentleman, just light up and sing every word to a song I had just taught the band that morning, ‘Paradise’ by John Prine, and it's in moments like that that I know I'll never stop doing this.
A new song writer — John Prine — was about to break into the open with his folksy narratives ... Four years ago singer John Prine died ... I could only envision that John Prine, a 21-year-old soldier at an ...
Rest in Paradise Bob Saar,” said Gibbs on a Facebook post ... It was there that we saw musician John Prine, one of our favorites to grace the stage ... John and the Heads band in Iowa City ... I’ll leave the last words to John Prine from his song “Paradise.”.
A tiny sip of blackberry libation while listening to some John Prine songs is most likely one of the best gifts ever given. May I share with you a story of John Prine the songwriter and artist? ... John Prine died from COVID-19 on April 7, 2020.
Judd was awarded the first standing ovation of the night from a grateful crowd.Tyler Childers sings John Prine's 'Paradise' ... in There Foundation, was when Childers covered John Prine's "Paradise.".
... to find Brandy Keg, Paradise, and Skullbuster, Kentucky ... Muhlenberg County’s Paradise, which was made famous in the John Prine song "Paradise," earned its name from a family passing through town.
There've been a lot of great country songs about small towns and the working class, but none of them came out this summer. I'm a country music fan ... I love the storytelling lyrics, the fun wordplay ... Census 2020) ... Maybe I'll pop in John Prine's "Paradise."
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... what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot” ... John Prine wrote a song about the demise of Paradise, Ky., singing, “I’m sorry my son but you’re too late in asking, Mr.