John Prine Dies Of COVID-19
John Prine passed away on Tuesday, April 7th due to complications from COVID-19. He was 73.
He was hospitalized in March and spent 12 days in intensive care. He’s survived by his wife Fiona and their three children.
John started as a folk singer in the ’70s and was tight with the late Steve Goodman. They co-wrote the David Allan Coe classic “You Never Even Called Me by My Name”, but John chose to be uncredited because he considered it a novelty song.
He had 15 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. His most recent was “The Tree of Forgiveness”, which went to Number Five in 2018. He was also an author, actor, record-label owner, and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Some of his songs were recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Johnny Cash, Don Williams, The Everly Brothers, Joan Baez, Bette Midler, Zac Brown Band, Miranda Lambert, and George Strait.
“Rolling Stone” has a great quote to describe his music:
“Prine explored a wide variety of musical styles, from hard country to rockabilly to bluegrass. He liked to say that he tried to live in a space somewhere between his heroes Johnny Cash and Dylan.”
