Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Died April 7, 2020
Age 73
John Prine (1946–2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter renowned for songs featuring offbeat lyrics about life, love, and social issues. He died of complications from COVID-19.
Obituary
Born and raised in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Prine learned to play guitar and write songs at the renowned Old Town School of Folk Music. He was working as a mailman and playing out at night around Chicago when film critic Roger Ebert discovered him playing at a bar. Prine was part of the Chicago folk scene along with Steve Goodman. A year later in 1971, Kris Kristofferson went to see him play at the Earl of Old Town leading Prine to a record contract and he released his self-titled debut album. He went on to a critically acclaimed career influencing so many songwriters.
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“Johns writing an playing made him seem approachable. Seemed like a friend to all he met. Sorry I never got to see him live, or meet him. So sorry for your great loss.”
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