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John Prine

The songwriter's songwriter.

Prine can balance humor and heartbreak, turn of phrase and tongue in cheek. John Prine's stories become our stories. We see ourselves in his music - he simple writes about us far better than we ever could. More on rockhall.com...

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Books

Written in My Soul by Bill Flanagan
Call Number: ML390 .F53 1986
ISBN: 9780809251537
Publication Date: 1986-09-01
The Album by James E. Perone (Editor)
Call Number: ML3470 .P476 2012 v. 1
ISBN: 9780313379062
Publication Date: 2012-10-17
I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like by Todd Snider
Call Number: ML420.S6598 A3 2014
ISBN: 9780306822605
Publication Date: 2014-04-22
I Hate Myself and Want to Die by Tom Reynolds
Call Number: ML3534 .R496 2005
ISBN: 9781860746284
Publication Date: 2005-06-01

Audio

The Crickets and their buddies
Call Number: CD CRIC CRIC 2007
Publication Date: 2007

Spotify Playlist

Articles

These articles are available in the Free section of the database Rock's Back Pages.

John Prine
Bruce Pollock, 'In Their Own Words' (Collier Books), 1975
An Interview with John Prine
Norman Jopling, unpublished, September 1972
John Prine: Sweet Revenge (Atlantic)
Tom Nolan, Rolling Stone, 31 January 1974
Songs from the Gut: A Conversation with John Prine
Holly Gleason, No Depression, Fall 2016

Youtube

Archival Resources

All archival materials related to John Prine can be found here . Listed below are notable collections and items of interest.

Austin City Limits / KLRU Collection
Contracts, tickets, correspondence, programs, and other production documents related to Prine's appearances on the Austin City Limits television show.
Bomp! Records Collection
Rock music zine publisher and founder of the Bomp! Records label. Photographs.
Immaculate Funk Collection (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Collection)
Video recordings and interview transcripts used in the documentary film, Immaculate Funk: The Jerry Wexler Story.
Frederick S. Boros Audio Recordings
Audio recordings of Prine, 1995-2006, at venues in Virginia, Texas, and North Carolina.