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In Spite of Ourselves is the 13th studio album of John Prine, featuring duets of classic country songs with various well-known female folk and alt-country vocalists, released in 1999. The album was Prine's first release since successfully battling throat cancer.
John Prine and Fiona Whelan Prine also covered the song for the 1999 album In Spite of Ourselves. [4] In 2015, a version of the song was released by singer Kevin Moon and Bluegrass artist Rhonda Vincent for Moon's Throwback CD.
John Edward Prine [2] (/ p r aɪ n /; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music.Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his signature blend of humorous lyrics about love, life, and current events, often with elements of social commentary and satire, as well as sweet songs and melancholy ...
In 1996, "Dear John" was referenced by Tracy Lawrence's single "Time Marches On", featuring the lyrics "Hank Williams sings 'Kaw-Liga' and 'Dear John' and time marches on." "Time Marches On" held the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart for three weeks. In 1999, John Prine covered "Dear John" on his 1999 album In Spite of ...
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" is a song written by American singer-songwriter John Prine and recorded on his 1986 album German Afternoons. The song was covered by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, who released it as a single from her 1988 album View from the House.
This is the second album featuring duets with Prine. His first album of duets was released in 1999 with the similarly styled In Spite of Ourselves. [7] [8] [9]The 15 tracks include 14 duets and feature 11 female artists, (with Iris DeMent, Lee Ann Womack and Kathy Mattea recording two duets each and Alison Krauss, Susan Tedeschi, Holly Williams, Morgane Stapleton, Amanda Shires, Miranda ...
According to Eddie Huffman's book John Prine: In Spite of Himself, the singer was “perfectly content with the record he cut in Memphis. But Cropper was moving into the rock ‘n’ roll big leagues as a producer, working on Rod Stewart's next record around the same time. He decided Prine's album needed fleshing out.
"In Spite of All the Danger" was not released to the public until it appeared on the 1995 compilation album Anthology 1 along with "That'll Be the Day", [24] [25] though the former was shortened to 2:42 from its original 3:25 runtime. [23] Lewisohn describes the song as "a chugging and melodic country-flavored number". [2]