On Friday, June 14th, the official statue ceremony was held along with a benefit concert showcasing John’s songs. A massive thank you to Central City for the incredible contribution to the immortalization of John’s legacy. Your hardships through this project do not go unnoticed and your dedication to honor his impact on your community is very much admired and appreciated. A further thank you to all of those in attendance of this special day.
Did you know John was a part of his high school gymnastics squad? “Anything my brothers did, I thought, ’That’s my brother, I can do that too…’ Doug was a gymnast so I had to become one. When I saw Dave playing the guitar, I learned it. I had no natural ability at either thing, but if I could picture myself doing it, I could do it, if I put enough work into it. That’s why I said if my Dad liked ballet, I would have been Rudolph Nureyev. Shew, am I glad he didn’t like ballet!”
After the world’s largest shovel had forsaken the land of Muhlenberg county, John and the Everly Brothers helped to establish the Everly Brothers Homecoming/Central City Music Festival. The festival has helped the county avoid economic disaster, drawing in thousands of visitors from all over the world since 1988. Tomorrow, the community is honoring their impact by unveiling life-sized bronze statues, now the focal point of Festival Square in Central City, Kentucky. The official ceremony begins at 2 p.m., Friday, June 14th. It will be followed later that evening with a benefit concert featuring @kelseywaldon, Billy Prine, and The John Prine Band, with Jason Wilber & Dave Jacques. The concert will take place at Lu-Ray Amphitheater at 7 p.m. Tickets can be found on ETIX.com or by link in bio. Be sure to join us for this special night of honoring the legacies of John and the Everly Brothers!
After the world’s largest shovel had forsaken the land of Muhlenberg county, John and the Everly Brothers helped to establish the Everly Brothers Homecoming/Central City Music Festival. The festival has helped the county avoid economic disaster, drawing in thousands of visitors from all over the world since 1988. Tomorrow, the community is honoring their impact by unveiling life-sized bronze statues, now the focal point of Festival Square in Central City, Kentucky. The official ceremony begins at 2 p.m., Friday, June 14th. It will be followed later that evening with a benefit concert featuring @kelseywaldon, Billy Prine, and The John Prine Band, with Jason Wilber & Dave Jacques. The concert will take place at Lu-Ray Amphitheater at 7 p.m. Tickets can be found on ETIX.com or by link in bio. Be sure to join us for this special night of honoring the legacies of John and the Everly Brothers!
On this day (April 4), Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings was released on CD in 1995. Released by Oh Boy Records. Album debuts at #164 on Billboard’s top 200 albums charts for the week of April 13, 1995. John Prine’s 12th studio album, Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings was produced by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers bassist Howie Epstein, who produced Prine’s 1991 Grammy Winning comeback album The Missing Years. Find it on Oh Boy Records’s Official Site – https://ohboy.com/collections/john-prine/products/john-prine-lost-dogs-and-mixed-blessings-cd
On this day in 2018, John released “The Tree of Forgiveness,” his first album of original songs in 15 years. “Prine’s kept at it steadily, despite a muse evidently grown less insistent, for nearly 50 years, and Tree of Forgiveness is his first set of originals in over a decade. It’s produced by Dave Cobb, and it’s very good, frequently brilliant, with all the qualities that define Prine’s music.” -Rolling Stone
On this day 2005, John Prine was the 1st Singer/Songwriter To Read/Play at Library of Congress, Washington DC – John Prine Joins Poet Laureate Ted Kooser – “I’ve been asked to do a lot of things,” says Prine with a big smile, “but this is definitely a first. And I don’t even know how to quite respond to it. For a guy who carried mail, was in the service, did so-so in school, this is kind of beyond the stuff I usually think about. It’s the kind of honor that’s beyond. So, you can bet I’m looking forward to it – taking all these people in my songs to the Library of Congress and letting ’em look around a little bit. It should be great, and an honor, and everything else.” https://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3677
March 3, 1972 – John Prine is nominated for the “Best New Artist” at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards at the Tennessee Auditorium in Nashville. Winning that night was the group America – other nominees in this category were: Harry Chapin, Eagles, and Loggins and Messina
Save the Dates! You Got Gold: Celebrating the Songs of John Prine, Oct 9-12, in Nashville. More info at yougotgold.johnprine.com (link in bio)
Save the Dates! You Got Gold: Celebrating the Songs of John Prine, Oct 9-12, in Nashville. More info at yougotgold.johnprine.com (link in bio)
Save the Dates! You Got Gold: Celebrating the Songs of John Prine, Oct 9-12, in Nashville. More info at yougotgold.johnprine.com (link in bio)
Last weekend @fprine and @jackpatrickprine went to Boston for John’s induction into the inaugural ceremony for the @folkhallboston Folk Americana Roots Hall Of Fame. It was a magical weekend and both nights were so touching and meaningful. Thank you for remembering John in such a beautiful way.
Last weekend @fprine and @jackpatrickprine went to Boston for John’s induction into the inaugural ceremony for the @folkhallboston Folk Americana Roots Hall Of Fame. It was a magical weekend and both nights were so touching and meaningful. Thank you for remembering John in such a beautiful way.
Last weekend @fprine and @jackpatrickprine went to Boston for John’s induction into the inaugural ceremony for the @folkhallboston Folk Americana Roots Hall Of Fame. It was a magical weekend and both nights were so touching and meaningful. Thank you for remembering John in such a beautiful way.
Last weekend @fprine and @jackpatrickprine went to Boston for John’s induction into the inaugural ceremony for the @folkhallboston Folk Americana Roots Hall Of Fame. It was a magical weekend and both nights were so touching and meaningful. Thank you for remembering John in such a beautiful way.
On this day, in 1997, John released his album, “Live on Tour”. 1. Picture Show 3:55 2. Quit Hollerin’ at Me 6:10 3. You Got Gold 4:56 4. Unwed Fathers 3:01 5. Space Monkey 5:13 6. The Late John Garfield Blues 4:11 7. Storm Windows 4:32 8. Jesus the Missing Years 6:39 9. Humidity Built the Snowman 4:51 10. Illegal Smile 4:33 11. Daddy’s Little Pumkin 3:38 12. Lake Marie 8:49 13. If I Could 3:11 14. Stick a Needle in My Eye 3:06 15. You Mean So Much to Me
On this day: March 27, 2008, Shout! Factory and Oh Boy Records releases John Prine Live On Soundstage 1980, the first archival DVD from the legendary, Grammy award-winning folk troubadour. The concert, which first aired in 1980 on the celebrated PBS concert show Soundstage, includes early classics such as “Angel From Montgomery” and “Hello In There,” as well as songs from Prine’s signature albums, Bruised Orange and Pink Cadillac. Intercut with the live performances is a sequence of interviews with Prine as he tours his childhood hometown of Maywood, Illinois, returns to the scene of “The Accident” and then to the back porch of his childhood home where he performs acoustic versions of “Paradise” and “How Lucky.” Special guest, Sun rockabilly singer, Billy Lee Riley joins Prine on “No Name Girl” and “Red Hot.” https://amzn.to/2BR8B1B
On this day in 2017, John released his songbook, “Beyond Words.” “It’s finally out in the world, my very first book! ‘Beyond Words’ is available online and at great independent retailers.” ~ John Prine, 2017
On this day in 2017, John released his songbook, “Beyond Words.” “It’s finally out in the world, my very first book! ‘Beyond Words’ is available online and at great independent retailers.” ~ John Prine, 2017
On this day in 2017, John released his songbook, “Beyond Words.” “It’s finally out in the world, my very first book! ‘Beyond Words’ is available online and at great independent retailers.” ~ John Prine, 2017
John’s live version of Souvenirs from Mountain Stage Mountain Stage is out today, along with the full Mountain Stage ‘Outlaws & Outliers 40th anniversary record via Oh Boy Records! Listen/Purchase Here: https://orcd.co/outlawsandoutliers
Get your tickets to the Ryman on October 9th before they sell out! Visit https://yougotgold.johnprine.com/ for purchase (link in bio)
Ever wonder how John decided on an album cover? Here’s a little glimpse into how he picked the cover of ‘For Better, or Worse’ his 2016 country duets album! #johnprine #countrymusic
New collaboration between @john_prine x @oxfordpennant just dropped on Store.JohnPrine.com (for a chance to win an item from the collection, DM @ohboyrecords the word “Pennant” and follow the instructions to be entered!)
