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The Tree of Forgiveness is the eighteenth and final studio album by American country folk singer John Prine. The album was released on April 13, 2018. The album was released on April 13, 2018. It is the last album released by Prine before his death on April 7, 2020.
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 ...
Prine co-wrote six of the ten songs on Aimless Love.Prine later commented, "In Nashville it’s hard to avoid co-writing a song. If you have a beer with someone, the next thing you know they’re calling you up to co-write.” [2] Several songs have as many as three writers, such as the opener “Be My Friend Tonight,” co-written with Cook and Playboy cartoonist, poet, screenwriter and ...
Like Aimless Love, German Afternoons was co-produced by Nashville veteran Jim Rooney but also features contributions from the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival as well as Marty Stuart, and this accounts for Prine's return to the folk-sound of his early albums on songs like "Lulu Walls" and "Paradise", the latter a rerecording of the ...
Oh Boy Records is an independent American record label founded in 1981 by singer John Prine, his manager Al Bunetta, and their friend Dan Einstein.The label has released more than 40 audio and video recordings by singer-songwriters Prine, Kris Kristofferson, Daniel "Slick" Ballinger, Shawn Camp, Dan Reeder, and Todd Snider, along with a dozen reissues of classic country music artists.
Writing for Allmusic, critic Mark Deming wrote of the album "The craft is strong on Standard Songs for Average People, but at its heart it sounds like two friends singing some old songs they love on a quiet evening, and that's part of the album's strength -- these are 14 songs sung by two guys who know a great tune when they hear it, and they allow these numbers to work their magic simply ...
The Great Compromise is a song written and performed by John Prine. [1] The song was included on Prine's album Diamonds in the Rough which was released by Atlantic Records in 1972. It is an anti-war song and a protest song. Its theme is the disillusionment of the country during the Vietnam War era.
Don Gibson in 1968 for his album I Love You So Much It Hurts. [4] Andy Williams in 1974 on his album, You Lay So Easy on My Mind; R. Stevie Moore in 1986 on his album, Glad Music; John Prine in 1995, on the album Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings; Merle Haggard in 2002, on the album The Peer Sessions; Madeleine Peyroux in 2013, on the album The ...