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John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73

John Prine, the raspy-voiced country-folk singer whose ingenious lyrics to songs by turns poignant, angry and comic made him a favorite of Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and others, died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He was 73.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/joh...li=BBnbfcL

Big loss to what folks now call "Americana."
His songwriting and lyric styling is cited by dozens of huge names as inspiration.
A songwriter's songwriter.

If you never heard of the guy, stop what you're doing and youtube Bonnie Raitt's rendition of "Angel from Montgomery". Prine shows up as the songwriter for a ton of songs done by other artists, and not just in the country universe.

This really sucks, I heard he had the virus a couple weeks back, but was improving. RIP John.

I have his first Album on my computer. He had a style like no other