Albums by John Prine
ALBUMThe Tree of ForgivenessJohn Prine
ALBUMStandard Songs for Average PeopleJohn Prine & Mac Wiseman
ALBUMFair & SquareJohn Prine
ALBUMSouvenirs (2000 Re-Records)John Prine
ALBUMIn Spite of OurselvesJohn Prine
ALBUMLost Dogs + Mixed BlessingsJohn Prine
ALBUMA John Prine ChristmasJohn Prine
ALBUMThe Missing Years (Bonus Track Version)John Prine
ALBUMGerman AfternoonsJohn Prine
ALBUMAimless LoveJohn Prine
John Prine's Popular Music Videos
Angel from Montgomery (Live)
John Prine
Summer's End
John Prine
I Remember Everything
John Prine
Lonesome Friends of Science
John Prine
Hello In There (Live)
John Prine
Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)
John Prine
Knocking on Your Screen Door (Lyric Video)
John Prine
Knockin' on Your Screendoor
John Prine
How Lucky (feat. John Prine)
Kurt Vile
Paradise (Live)
John Prine
Artist Playlists
John Prine Essentials
RIP to the ultimate songwriter’s songwriter.
Inspired by John Prine
Folk and country songwriting masters who learned from the best.
John Prine: The Songwriters
The bard of Americana combined humor and compassion.
John Prine: Deep Cuts
The folk and country singer's lesser-known moods and themes.
Artist Biography
John Prine kicked off his career in a 1970s musical landscape that overflowed with game-changing singer/songwriters, but he still managed to become known as one of his generation’s most powerful song poets. Born in Maywood, IL, in 1946, he learned about folk and country music at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music as a teen and started playing around the city’s folk clubs in 1969. With the support of Kris Kristofferson, Prine landed a record deal and released his self-titled debut LP in 1971. A milestone effort containing compassionate, plainspokenly poetic future classics about dissatisfied wives (“Angel From Montgomery”), heroin-addicted Vietnam vets (“Sam Stone”), and lonely senior citizens (“Hello In There”), it quickly made Prine a cult hero. His wry humor, rootsy flavor, and rough-hewn vocal style put his messages over perfectly. Prine’s quirky work never broke through to the mainstream, but there was never a time when he wasn’t considered one of America’s finest songwriters. From the early ’70s to the present, his songs have been widely covered, with Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Miranda Lambert, and countless others expanding on his legacy. Prine had a long run of impactful albums that took him through the mid-’90s, but he didn’t release any original material between 1995 and 2005 (though he made celebrated records of covers and duets). He came roaring back to form with 2005’s Grammy-winning Fair and Square, and, after battling health problems, he released one more album of new songs, 2018’s The Tree of Forgiveness. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy shortly before his death on March 19, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19.
Hometown
Maywood, IL, United States
Genre
Singer/Songwriter