Prine was raised in the blue-color suburbs of Chicago by parents from Western Kentucky. He learned guitar from his brother. He was a mailman for a time, writing lyrics as he delivered letters. The ...

John Prine performed at Omaha’s Orpheum Theater in 2018. I knew John Prine’s music before I knew there was a person named John Prine. Perhaps you were aware of Prine’s songs — “Sam Stone” or “Hello In ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some people, the songs just come out of them. For nearly half a century, they tumbled out of John Prine like nothing. His songs — compassionate, funny, sage — make up an American ...