{"id":15050,"date":"2023-06-09T07:08:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T06:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/?p=15050"},"modified":"2023-06-09T07:08:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T06:08:21","slug":"john-prine-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/2023\/06\/09\/john-prine-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN PRINE: biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/prine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15051\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s release,&nbsp;<em>John Prine<\/em>chronicles the legendary singer-songwriter&#8217;s Middle American provenance, and his remarkable ascent from singing mailman to celebrated son of Chicago.&#8221;Illegal Smile,&#8221; &#8220;Hello in There,&#8221; &#8220;Sam Stone,&#8221; &#8220;Paradise,&#8221; &#8220;Your Flag Decal Won&#8217;t Get You Into Heaven Anymore,&#8221; &#8220;Far from Me,&#8221; &#8220;Donald and Lydia,&#8221; and &#8220;Angel from Montgomery&#8221; are considered standards in the American Songbook, covered by legions of Prine&#8217;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&#8217;s landmark debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/we\u00b4re-gonna-need-a-bigger-shelf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15052\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>we\u00b4re gonna need a bigger bookshelf for book number <\/strong><strong>22<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After exploring John Prine\u00b4s roots in rural Western Kentucky and suburban Maywood, Illinois, the book takes readers on an evocative journey through John Prine&#8217;s Chicago. Its neighbourhoods, characters, and clubs of the 1960s and 70s proved a formative and magical period in Prine&#8217;s life, before he became a figurehead of the new Nashville scene. This book is both a journalistic inquiry and a love letter: to Prine&#8217;s self-titled debut and the Midwestern city that made him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cover-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15053\" width=\"127\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cover-2.jpg 292w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cover-2-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Title&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Prine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eric Osmon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>price&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.90<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bloomsbury Academic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>date published &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; November 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pages&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 160<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dimensions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                4.72 X 6.46 X 0.39 inches | 0.35 pounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Language&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/author.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15054\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Erin Osmon <\/strong>is a Midwest native and a veteran of Chicago newsrooms whose work appears in&nbsp;<em>Uncut<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>No Depression<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Pitchfork<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em>, and many other publications. She teaches music journalism, writing, reporting and digital at the University of Southern California&#8217;s Annenberg School, USA. Her debut book,&nbsp;<em>Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost&nbsp;<\/em>(2017), was named a Best Music Book of 2017 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/blog-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15055\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> the book takes readers on an evocative journey through John Prine&#8217;s Chicago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15133,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15050\/revisions\/15133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}