Subject: John Prine very ill with corona From: Jack Campin Date: 29 Mar 20 - 06:14 PM This doesn't look good at all. https://tasteofcountry.com/john-prine-hospitalized-critical-coronavirus/ |
Subject: RE: John Prine very ill with corona From: Jeri Date: 29 Mar 20 - 07:59 PM In Rolling Stone: John Prine has been hospitalized since Thursday after suffering from symptoms synonymous with the novel coronavirus. While Prine’s exact medical condition is unclear, “his situation is critical,” his family said in a statement Sunday. |
Subject: RE: John Prine very ill with corona From: keberoxu Date: 29 Mar 20 - 08:00 PM His wife Fiona was also tested, and her diagnosis of COVID-19 preceded John Prine's, in fact -- his first test results said "indeterminate." John and Fiona Prine were in Europe in February, and Mrs. Prine has wondered (on the record) if they contracted the virus there. |
Subject: RE: John Prine very ill with corona From: Joe Offer Date: 29 Mar 20 - 10:50 PM Oh, this is hard to take. He has done so much, and survived so much. Is he in Ireland, or the United States? (I'm guessing he's in Nashville, not in Kinvarra) -Joe- Here's the text of the Rolling Stone Article: John Prine Hospitalized With COVID-19 Symptoms: ‘His Situation Is Critical’ “John was hospitalized on Thursday,” family says in statement. “He was intubated Saturday evening, and continues to receive care” By DANIEL KREPS John Prine has been hospitalized since Thursday after suffering from symptoms synonymous with the novel coronavirus. While Prine’s exact medical condition is unclear, “his situation is critical,” his family said in a statement Sunday. “After a sudden onset of COVID-19 symptoms, John was hospitalized on Thursday. He was intubated Saturday evening, and continues to receive care, but his situation is critical,” the Prine family wrote. “This is hard news for us to share. But so many of you have loved and supported John over the years, we wanted to let you know, and give you the chance to send out more of that love and support now. And know that we love you, and John loves you.” On March 20th, Prine’s wife Fiona revealed that she had tested positive for the coronavirus, and while her husband also tested, his status remained “indeterminate” at the time. “There’s a chance he may not have this virus,” Fiona Prine said on Instagram, “and we are working really, really hard and being really diligent about all of the protocols. We are quarantined and isolated from each other and members of the family. It’s hard, I won’t lie, but it’s absolutely important.” Prine’s health issues over the past few decades have been well-documented, as has the singer’s comebacks: In the late-Nineties, Prine was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer in his neck; after rounds of radiation, surgery and a year of rehabilitation, Prine returned to music, his deepened voice a battle scar from the cancer fight. In 2013, Prine announced he had an operable cancer, “non-small cell carcinoma,” in his left lung, briefly sidelining him. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: GUEST,henryp Date: 30 Mar 20 - 12:38 AM I guess that he is a vulnerable person. Memories, they can't be boughten. They can't be won at carnivals for free. Well it took me years to get those souvenirs, And I don't know how they slipped away from me. Desperately hoping for the best. Best wishes to him and his family. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: fat B****rd Date: 30 Mar 20 - 05:25 AM Best wishes to Mr. Prine and all in danger. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: GUEST,geordie boy Date: 30 Mar 20 - 01:32 PM Wishing John all the best |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: EBarnacle Date: 30 Mar 20 - 02:44 PM Just checked. There no released changes in his condition. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: Jack Campin Date: 30 Mar 20 - 05:01 PM Latest is that he is "stable" which is quite a bit better than the previous "critical". But the virus is very unpredictable. |
Subject: RE: John Prine very ill with corona From: Felipa Date: 30 Mar 20 - 05:17 PM Yes, Jack, it is looking more hopeful though John Prine is still on a ventilator. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/singer-john-prine-in-stable-condition-with-covid-19-symptoms (report from Associated Press) I don't know how long that link will last, so here is another one https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/viralnews/18345960.singer-john-prine-in-stable-condition-covid-19-symptoms/ American folk singer John Prine is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator while being treated for Covid-19 symptoms, his wife has said. The singer-songwriter’s family said on Sunday that Prine was critically ill, but on Monday his wife Fiona Whelan Prine suggested his condition had improved overnight. “Please continue to send your amazing love and prayers,” she said on Twitter. “Sing his songs. Stay home and wash hands. John loves you. I love you.” News about his health provoked an outpouring of affection. Joan Baez responded with a video of her playing his song Hello In There from her kitchen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJPvc5vvKY4 Ms Prine, who is also his manager, tested positive for coronavirus earlier in March, and said the couple were quarantined and isolated from each other. She said on Monday that she had recovered from Covid-19. The 73-year-old singer, one of the most influential in folk and country music, has twice fought cancer. Most recently, he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013 and had part of a lung removed. The operations affected his voice but he continued to make music and to tour. Before the onset of the virus, he had shows scheduled in May and a summer tour planned. |
Subject: RE: John Prine very ill with corona virus From: Felipa Date: 30 Mar 20 - 05:31 PM I forgot to do a preview, so that I would have caught out the missing /a I'd copied the text anyway, and maybe a mudelf will correct the error, but here is a repeat of one of the links to the A.P. report. I notice this is the GB MSN news, so you may need a different link in N America, etc. Anyway, when I clicked the link on the preview, I got a general MSN page. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/singer-john-prine-in-stable-condition-with-covid-19-symptom This link worked for me: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/viralnews/18345960.singer-john-prine-in-stable-condition-covid-19-symptoms/ |
Subject: RE: John Prine very ill with corona virus From: Felipa Date: 30 Mar 20 - 05:41 PM According to the Taste of Country article (Jack Campin's link at the beginning of this discussion), earlier - I think when his wife was diagnosed with Corona virus -John Prine made this statement: "I'm asking you to please stay at home. That's all," Prine said at the time. "The government can help, and I think they are really starting to really figure out that this is serious, this is life and death for God knows how many Americans. They can help, but, honestly, it is truly in our hands. It is up to us Americans to make an individual decision for our families and say, 'You know what? This is scary as hell. I may not get a paycheck next week. I don't know what I'm gonna do with the kids' ... "Just stay home. Please, stay home," Prine added. "I think we'll get through this if we do it together." -- J think that if Prine recovers, he could write a wonderful song about Covid-19 and how the epidemic affects people. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: Jeri Date: 30 Mar 20 - 06:33 PM Anybody who wants to get their own updates, you can, (if you're on Twitter), follow @FionaPrine. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: EBarnacle Date: 30 Mar 20 - 10:13 PM It looks as though he will still be back among us. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/30/1932763/-John-Prine-Still-in-Hospital-But-is-Now-STABLE-He-s-Out-of-COVID-19-Danger-f |
Subject: RE: John Prine very ill with corona virus From: Felipa Date: 30 Mar 20 - 10:30 PM Barnacle, that is a misleading headline. The content of the article is much the same as the associate press article I pasted here. The situation IS more hopeful, maybe much more hopeful, but Prine is NOT out of danger. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: Jeri Date: 30 Mar 20 - 11:29 PM Fiona tweeted that “stable” just meant (paraphrasing) his situation wasn’t changing. Still incubated. Still critical. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: Joe Offer Date: 30 Mar 20 - 11:57 PM But In Spite of Ourselves, I sure hope John Prine keeps on ticking. I've found a partner willing to sing this song with me, and we've been having a lot of fun with it. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: GUEST,Brian Grayson Date: 01 Apr 20 - 07:51 AM Losing Steve Goodman was a blow - if John dies, it's the end of an era... |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: Jack Campin Date: 03 Apr 20 - 05:52 AM Fiona Prine is reported a few hours ago as saying he's doing a bit better, though certainly not out of danger. Let's hope. |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: GUEST,keberoxu Date: 03 Apr 20 - 11:56 AM How about the text of Fiona Prime's tweet? "This is John's 8th day in ICU. He is receiving excellent medical care and being treated with kindness and compassion by the entire team looking after him day and night. I cannot be with him which makes this nightmare all the more distressing ... ...As you know, John was put on a ventilator last Sunday. He still needs quite a bit of help with his breathing. Like many patients currently in ICU beds all around the world, John has pneumonia in both lungs. He has also developed some peripheral issues that are being treated with meds, including antibiotics. He is very ill and yet I remain hopeful that he can continue to fight this devastating virus and come home where we can care for him. I don't have the words to adequately Thank You for all the outpouring of love and prayers that John and our family have received this past week. Please continue to send Love, Prayers and Positive Energy to John. He needs us now more than ever. John loves you and I love you too." |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: keberoxu Date: 04 Apr 20 - 07:16 PM Have you seen the cartoon sketch of a hospital bed with the sign "Prine" at the foot of the bed? A lady with a halo, wings, and a long gown stands over the bed, saying: "I'll keep an eye on this one. I'm from Montgomery." Can anybody link to it? |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: Jeri Date: 04 Apr 20 - 10:00 PM Cartoon here |
Subject: RE: 29 March 2020 - John Prine very ill with corona From: mg Date: 07 Apr 20 - 09:38 PM word is out from rolling stone that he has just died. i recommend confirming this for yourselves. RIP. |
Subject: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Jeri Date: 07 Apr 20 - 09:39 PM He's gone I am so, so sad. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Alice Date: 07 Apr 20 - 09:52 PM Yes, this very sad news it is confirmed. We are what we are and we ain't what we ain't. He was wonderful. Alice in Montana |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: rich-joy Date: 07 Apr 20 - 09:55 PM OMG. That's so sad. He's one of The Best. Vale, John. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: GUEST,Neil D Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:09 PM A real heartbreak. One of the truly great ones. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Hrothgar Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:12 PM I am sad that he is gone, but I am glad that he was here. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:33 PM John had the ability to take a common occurrence like witnessing a minor auto accident ("The Accident") or watching a spouse zone out ("Linda Goes to Mars") and transform it into something truly extraordinary. He belongs in the same pantheon as Mark Twain, Will Rodgers and Kurt Vonnegut. He spoke to my own somewhat off-kilter worldview like no other songwriter. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:34 PM Oh, no. This is so hard to take. Blessings on him and Fiona, and all who loved him. The New York Times Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/arts/music/john-prine-dead.html John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73 The folk singer and songwriter with a raspy voice and an offbeat humor was revered by peers including Bob Dylan. By William Grimes April 7, 2020 Updated 10:24 p.m. ET John Prine, the raspy-voiced country-folk singer whose ingenious lyrics to songs by turns poignant, angry and comic made him a favorite of Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and others, died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He was 73. The cause was complications from Covid-19, his family said. Mr. Prine underwent cancer surgery in 1998 to remove a tumor in his neck identified as squamous cell cancer, which had damaged his vocal cords. In 2013, he had part of one lung removed to treat lung cancer. Mr. Prine was a relative unknown in 1970 when Mr. Kristofferson heard him play one night at a small Chicago club called the Fifth Peg, dragged there by the singer-songwriter Steve Goodman. Mr. Kristofferson was performing in Chicago at the time at the Quiet Knight. At the Fifth Peg, Mr. Prine treated him to a brief after-hours performance of material that, Mr. Kristofferson later wrote, “was unlike anything I’d heard before.” A few weeks later, when Mr. Prine was in New York, Mr. Kristofferson invited him onstage at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village, where he was appearing with Carly Simon, and introduced him to the audience. “No way somebody this young can be writing so heavy,” he said. “John Prine is so good, we may have to break his thumbs.” The record executive Jerry Wexler, who was in the audience, signed Mr. Prine to a contract with Atlantic Records the next day. Music writers at the time were eager to crown a successor to Mr. Dylan, and Mr. Prine, with his nasal, sandpapery voice and literate way with a song, came ready to order. His debut album, called simply “John Prine” and released in 1971, included songs that became his signatures. Some gained wider fame after being recorded by other artists. They included “Sam Stone,” about a drug-addicted war veteran (with the unforgettable refrain “There’s a hole in Daddy’s arm where all the money goes”); “Hello in There,” a heart-rending evocation of old age and loneliness; and “Angel From Montgomery,” the hard-luck lament of a middle-aged woman dreaming about a better life, later made famous by Bonnie Raitt. “He’s a true folk singer in the best folk tradition, cutting right to the heart of things, as pure and simple as rain,” Ms. Raitt told Rolling Stone in 1992. Mr. Dylan, listing his favorite songwriters in a 2009 interview, put Mr. Prine front and center. “Prine’s stuff is pure Proustian existentialism,” he said. “Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs.” John Prine was born on Oct. 10, 1946, in Maywood, Ill., a working-class suburb of Chicago, to William and Verna (Hamm) Prine. His father, a tool-and-die maker at the American Can Company, and his mother had moved from the coal town of Paradise, Ky., in the 1930s. Mr. Prine later wrote a ruefully bitter song titled “Paradise,” in which he sang:
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man John grew up in a country music-loving family. He learned guitar as a young teenager from his grandfather and brother and began writing songs. After graduating from high school, he worked for the Post Office for two years before being drafted into the Army, which sent him to West Germany in charge of the motor pool at his base. After being discharged, he resumed his mail route, in and around his hometown, composing songs in his head. “I always likened the mail route to a library with no books,” he wrote on his website. “I passed the time each day making up these little ditties.” Reluctantly, he took the stage for the first time at an open-mic night at the Fifth Peg, where his performance of “Hello in There” and “Angel From Montgomery” met with profound silence from the audience. “They just sat there,” Mr. Prine wrote. “They didn’t even applaud, they just looked at me.” Then the clapping began. “It was like I found out all of a sudden that I could communicate deep feelings and emotions,” he wrote. “And to find that out all at once was amazing.” Not long after, Roger Ebert, the film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times, wandered into the club while Mr. Prine was performing. He liked what he heard and wrote Mr. Prine’s first review, under the headline “Singing Mailman Who Delivers a Powerful Message in a Few Words.” “He appears onstage with such modesty he almost seems to be backing into the spotlight,” Mr. Ebert wrote. “He sings rather quietly, and his guitar work is good, but he doesn’t show off. He starts slow. But after a song or two, even the drunks in the room begin to listen to his lyrics. And then he has you.” Mr. Prine had a particular gift for offbeat humor, reflected in songs like “Jesus, the Missing Years,” “Some Humans Ain’t Human,” “Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone” and the antiwar screed “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore.” “I guess what I always found funny was the human condition,” he told the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph in 2013. “There is a certain comedy and pathos to trouble and accidents.” After recording several albums for Atlantic and Asylum, he started his own label, Oh Boy Records, in 1984. He never had a hit record, but he commanded a loyal audience that ensured steady if modest sales for his albums and a durable concert career. In 1992, his album “The Missing Years,” with guest appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and other artists, won a Grammy Award for best contemporary folk recording. He received a second Grammy in the same category in 2006 for the album “Fair and Square.” Mr. Prine, who lived in Nashville, was divorced twice. He is survived by his wife, Fiona Whelan Prine, a native of Ireland whom he married in 1996; three sons, Jody, Jack and Tommy; two brothers, Dave and Billy; and three grandchildren. In 2017, Mr. Prine published “John Prine Beyond Words,” a collection of lyrics, guitar chords, commentary and photographs from his own archive. In 2019, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and his album “Tree of Forgiveness” was nominated for a Grammy, for best Americana album. It was his 19th album and his first of original material in more than a decade. (The award went to Brandi Carlile, for “By the Way, I Forgive You.”) Mr. Prine went on tour in 2018 to promote “Tree of Forgiveness,” and after a two-night stand at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville — known there as the mother church of country music — Margaret Renkl, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, wrote, under the headline “American Oracle”: “The mother church of country music, where the seats are scratched-up pews and the windows are stained glass, is the place where the new John Prine — older now, scarred by cancer surgeries, his voice deeper and full of gravel — is most clearly still the old John Prine: mischievous, delighting in tomfoolery, but also worried about the world.” In December, he was chosen to receive a 2020 Grammy for lifetime achievement. As a songwriter, Mr. Prine was prolific and quick. In the early days, he would sometimes dash off a song while driving to a club. “Sometimes, the best ones come together at the exact same time, and it takes about as long to write it as it does to sing it,” he told the poet Ted Kooser in an interview at the Library of Congress in 2005. “They come along like a dream or something, and you just got to hurry up and respond to it, because if you mess around, the song is liable to pass you by.” Caryn Ganz and Neil Vigdor contributed reporting. |
Subject: Obit: John Prine (2020) From: Hagman Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:40 PM With the angels... https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/john-prine-obit-253684/ |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: JennieG Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:46 PM That is so sad......but we have the songs. Let's keep singing them. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:58 PM Coronavirus: "Damn your eyes!" |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 07 Apr 20 - 11:26 PM Under ordinary circumstances, coffeehouses, open-mikes, living rooms and concert stages would be ringing with people performing John's songs over the next few days. We would be honoring him by acknowledging how important his songs are to us. Instead, the same disease that took him from us makes it impossible to gather in his honor. Facebook and YouTube are okay but, dammit, I want to sing John's songs around a campfire with my friends. Damn this coronavirus's eyes indeed. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: meself Date: 07 Apr 20 - 11:55 PM Sad, indeed. But the man had a good run of it ..... |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Amergin Date: 08 Apr 20 - 01:16 AM I'm not a believer, but it is kind of comforting to think that John and Goodman are playing together again. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Dave the Gnome Date: 08 Apr 20 - 02:04 AM So sad. Condolences to his family and close ones. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: GUEST,open mike Date: 08 Apr 20 - 04:29 AM I have been grieving all night since heeaing the terrible news. I have been posting song after song of his on my facebook page.... as tears roll down. Yes as was said earlier, in better days people would be singing his songs in clubs and pubs and folk concerts and festivals and sessions and song circles all around the globe. As it is we have the internet, and it is filling with remembrances, archive footage and recordings, interviews, songwriters circles, and if you want to immerse yourselves in his music it is easily available. My sympathies go out to his widow and children and everyone who is missing John Prine tonight. I will post a link to my page on the Mudcat face book page if you want to give a listen to John Prine's music. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Jeri Date: 08 Apr 20 - 10:23 AM I couldn't post more last night. My first encounter with John Prine's music was after my dad died in '72, when I was 17. I wanted to hide in my room, but I turned on the local college radio station just to have some sound. I heard, and remembered long enough to write some lyrics down:
Memories they can't be boughten |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Elmore Date: 08 Apr 20 - 10:04 PM Nobody could sing a John Prine song better than John. May he Rest in Peace. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: GUEST,Martin Ryan Date: 09 Apr 20 - 02:39 AM Some fifteen years ago, my wife Josephine Boland and I moved into our new house a few miles outside Kinvara, in the West of Ireland. After a long day shuffling all our belongings into some sort of starting order, we headed into the village to meet some friends for a pint and a tune, by arrangement. As we headed into Connolly’s Bar, we met them emerging, instruments packed away! “John Prine just walked into Green’s - we’re going over to listen!”. We knew then we had moved somewhere special. Scarcely a year has passed without another such magic session. Now, alas, no more. May he rest in peace. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 Apr 20 - 07:31 AM Fiona Prine came from Ardara, Donegal. One of John Prine's last concerts was for residents of sheltered housing there. St. Shanaghan House, Ardara 5 February 2020 · On Monday evening we had the absolute pleasure to host 3 times grammy award winning singer / song writer John Prine who sang for the residents and friends of St. Shanaghan House (we have a lot of friends). It was a fabulous evening topped by the presentation of a portrait of the great man by our fabulous local artist Stephen Bennett. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Mrrzy Date: 09 Apr 20 - 07:51 AM Slate has the best obit I thought: https://slate.com/culture/2020/04/john-prine-dead-singer-songwriter-remembered.html Contains this: “I guess I just process death differently than some folks. Realizing you’re not going to see that person again is always the most difficult part about it. But that feeling settles, and then you are glad you had that person in your life, and then the happiness and the sadness get all swirled up inside you. And then you’re this great, awful candy bar, walking around in a pair of shoes.” |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Dave Hanson Date: 09 Apr 20 - 11:02 AM Lets face it John was a one off, a unique singer songwriter. Dave H |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Mick Tems Date: 10 Apr 20 - 11:03 AM RIP, John Prine, and dearest sympathy to Fiona. At Llantrisant Folk Club on Wednesdays, Ned Clamp and Pat Smith always used to sing 'In Spite Of Yourselves' for their floor spot. Only this morning, our chairman Mike Greenwood emailed to convey the bad news that Covid-19 had claimed the life of harmonica/melodeon player Ted Crum, a one-time member of Peeping Tom and more recently leader of the wonderful Steamchicken, Mallymarokers and regular accompanist to Chinewrde women's north-west Morris. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Apr 20 - 11:50 AM Iris DeMent just posted this on her Facebook page: A Note From Iris DeMent |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: robomatic Date: 10 Apr 20 - 07:47 PM I'm listening to his voice right this second as Terry Gross repeats an interview she did with him in 2018. It is gravelly, halting, inflected and sonorous all at once. I was on a job in the oilfields in a cafeteria in the middle of Prudhoe Bay. Somehow it turned out that a pretty inspector and I were both familiar with "Don't Bury Me" and we launched into it together full voiced and I've been reminded of the moment many times since. But the way I remember it is with his indelible voice. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Thompson Date: 11 Apr 20 - 06:43 PM Heard him sing in 1973, I think it must have been, at the Cambridge Folk Festival. Such dark songs, such humanity. Ar dheis Dé anois a anam dilis. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 11 Apr 20 - 07:57 PM There was a podcast played on NPR stations last night that interviewed both John Prine and Bill Withers. It was two interviews from a broadcaster at WNYC, and it was nice, about 30 minutes with each. The podcast is Death, Sex, and Money with Anna Sale from WNYC Studios. If you visit the podcast site scroll down a couple of entries to find the links to the programs. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Jeri Date: 11 Apr 20 - 09:01 PM He was a headliner in 2018 on a cruise I go on (Cayamo). He was only on it for half the cruise due to commitments. He did three shows. I saw all of them, and he only repeated a couple songs. I am so grateful to have had that opportunity. He didn't mingle - he would have been mobbed - but there were numerous photos of him as high up as you can get in that boat, watching the shows below. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Waddon Pete Date: 12 Apr 20 - 07:21 AM The end of an era indeed. A great loss to folk music. I have added John to the "In Memoriam"thread and send my condolences to all those who know and love him. RIP |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Mrrzy Date: 12 Apr 20 - 08:31 AM Crying over this story https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/opinions/john-prine-music-and-kindness-branch/index.html |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: GUEST,SqueezeMe Date: 22 Apr 20 - 01:27 AM Radio interview with John Prine from March 2019, might be of interest.... https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/john-prine-rpt/12152010 |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: keberoxu Date: 22 Apr 20 - 01:56 PM if no one else will state the obvious, it might as well be me. I speak so bluntly as to give offense, all the time. I'm sorry if this is offensive. But surely John Prine's remains have now been laid to rest. I am well aware that the pandemic restrictions have required Prine's widow and family to postpone memorials or funerals in the sense of gatherings of people, and that such must happen sooner or later, as permitted. So I guess we will be told, when the family thinks it appropriate, about the burial and the grave. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Apr 20 - 12:24 PM Wikipedia; In accordance with Prine's wishes as expressed in his song "Paradise", half of his ashes were spread in Kentucky's Green River. The other half were buried next to his parents in Chicago.[52] 52. Doyle, Patrick; Doyle, Patrick (April 13, 2020). "John Prine: The Last Days and Beautiful Life of an American Original". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 16, 2020. There may, of course, have been some delay in the present circumstances. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 23 Apr 20 - 12:42 PM That Green River area is lovely. It was a nice spot to choose. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: keberoxu Date: 25 Apr 20 - 12:00 PM Thanks for Wikipedia's quote from Rolling Stone magazine, I had not seen that article and it does indeed answer my question. Hope all of the bereaved -- since Prine's 'fans' sound, indeed, like a sort of extended family -- soon have what is needed in order to come together and say their farewells. |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: GUEST,henryp Date: 25 Apr 20 - 04:23 PM When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band Check into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand? And then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl 'Cause this old man is goin' to town |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Rain Dog Date: 14 May 20 - 10:46 AM Fiona Whelan Prine - wife and manager of John Prine 'A doctor called and said I should come to the hospital immediately' Throughout the pandemic, the Today Programme is hearing from people about their experiences of Covid-19, and from some who have lost loved ones. Folk legend John Prine died from Covid-19 in April. It was broadcast this morning on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 It is available to listen to for the next 6 days. I don't know if it is available to those of you from outside the Uk or not Fiona Whelan Prine - wife and manager of John Prine |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Joe Offer Date: 15 May 20 - 03:41 AM Take a listen to the radio program above. It brought me to tears. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08d4v7j |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: GUEST,keberoxu Date: 03 Oct 21 - 07:50 PM If this link works, it will go to a recent interview by Billboard magazine with Fiona Whelan Prine, concerning the legacy of John Prine's recorded work. "He was the quietest one at the table, but we still miss him" |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Joe Offer Date: 14 Feb 23 - 04:40 AM Here's a John Prine concert to brighten your day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Rkm_dqm7A |
Subject: RE: Obit: John Prine (1946-2020) From: Mrrzy Date: 18 Feb 23 - 01:18 PM Shameful admission here. Watched most of a Charlie Pride bio before realizing it wasn't about John Prine. Sigh. |
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