He is known as the Mark Twain of American songwriting, a man who
transformed the everyday happenings of regular people into plainly
profound statements on war, industrialization, religion, and the
human condition. Marking the 50th anniversary of the album’s
release, John Prine chronicles the legendary singer-songwriter’s
Middle American provenance, and his remarkable ascent from singing
mailman to celebrated son of Chicago.“Illegal Smile,” “Hello
in There,” “Sam Stone,” “Paradise,” “Your Flag Decal
Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore,” “Far from Me,”
“Donald and Lydia,” and “Angel from Montgomery” are
considered standards in the American Songbook, covered by legions
of Prine’s peers and admirers. Through original interviews,
exhaustive research, and incisive commentary, author Erin Osmon
paints an in-depth portrait of the people, places, and experiences
that inspired Prine’s landmark debut. After exploring his roots
in rural Western Kentucky and suburban Maywood, Illinois, the book
takes readers on an evocative journey through John Prine’s
Chicago. Its neighborhoods, characters, and clubs of the 1960s and
70s proved a formative and magical period in Prine’s life, before
he was a figurehead of the new Nashville scene. It’s both a
journalistic inquiry and a love letter: to Prine’s self-titled
debut and the Midwestern city that made him.
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