John Prine
Join us for a two-hour visit with John Prine as he walks us through his catalog and his life—from urban Illinois backwards to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. For over 35 years the singer and guitarist has written and performed songs which present a slightly off-kilter and darkly humorous look at working class America. We’ll also talk agitprop with the man who wrote Vietnam-era protest songs like “Take the Star Our of the Window” and “Sam Stone,” and environmental broadsides such as “Paradise.” There’s also performances of Prine’s songs by others and more in this two-hour visit with one of America’s leading songwriters.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Picture Show John Prine
The Missing Years, Oh Boy
Crazy as a Loon John Prine
Fair and Square, Oh Boy
Kentucky The Everly Brothers
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, Rhino
The Frying Pan John Prine
Diamonds in the Rough, Atlantic
Paradise John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
Instrumental: John's Smoke Turns Blue Eddie Pennington
Walks the Strings, and Even Sings, Smithsonian Folkways
Hello in There John Prine
Souvenirs, Oh Boy
The Great Compromise John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
Souvenirs John Prine and Steve Goodman
Diamonds in the Rough, Atlantic
Angel from Montgomery (live) John Prine & Bonnie Raitt
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
Instrumental: March! For Martin Luther King John Fahey
The Yellow Princess, Banguard
SEGMENT: Protest Songs
Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore John Prine
John Prine, Atlantic
Sam Stone John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
The Fightin' Side of Me Merle Haggard
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977, Razor & Tie
Illegal Smile John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
End Bed: Green Velvet Lloyd Green
The Little Darlin' Sound of Lloyd Green, KOCH
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Saturday Night Shuffle Merle Travis
Walkin' the Strings, Capitol
Honky Tonk Blues Hank Williams
The Original Singles Collection-Plus, PolyGram
Dang Me Roger Miller
The Hits, Mercury
We are the Lonely John Prine
Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, Oh Boy
Nine Pound Hammer John Prine
Sweet Revenge, Atlantic
Picture Show John Prine
The Missing Years, Oh Boy
That's the Way the World Goes Round John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
Instrumental: Wilson Rag Elizabeth Cotton
Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes, Smithsonian Folkways
The Sins of Memphisto John Prine
The Missing Years, Oh Boy
Jesus the Missing Years John Prine
The Missing Years, Oh Boy
Some Humans Ain't Human John Prine
Fair and Square, Oh Boy
Take the Star Out of the Window John Prine
Diamonds in the Rough, Atlantic
SEGMENT: Humor, Performing, Old People, Voice and the Future
Instrumental: Midnight Silence Lloyd Green
Lloyd Green and His Steel Guitar, Double Ten
Dear Abby (live) John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds John Prine & Melba Montgomery
In Spite of Ourselves, Oh Boy
Angel from Montgomery John Prine
Diamonds in the Rough, Atlantic
End Bed: Fish and Whistle John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino