Talk:John Prine

Bruised Orange

Information is missing on my favorite Prine album, Bruised Orange. I'm pretty much putting this here so it will hit my watchlist and I'll remember to update it with the info in the morning. JohnCub 00:23, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Song Titles

Need cleanup from italic to double quotes. Katr67 18:46, 19 June 2006 (UTC) Done. Katr67 01:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Angel from Montgomery

not sure how any biopic of John Prine could be complete without reference to his most-covered (and probably most widely appreciated) "Angel from Montgomery" 71.196.189.215 01:42, 19 April 2007 (UTC)PMR

Omission

Should be some mention of "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian"... AnonMoos 22:15, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

"The Great Compromise"

Not certain this song is allegorical; I believe this song is about a love relationship (a difficult one at that) and does not address the Vietnam war, even in any allegorical or metaphorical sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.8.36.144 (talk) 20:14, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

army service

especially since his songs are about Vietnam and soldiers, I think the article should have more on his army service. Did he serve in Vietnam? rank and role in the army. stuff like that. 67.176.160.47 (talk) 18:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, he was in the Army for two years and served in Germany. No wars. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 18:37, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

John Prine's Saturday Night Live performance

John Prine was the musical guest during the second season of Saturday Night Live on October 16, 1976. He performed "Hello In There" and "The Bottomless Lake." Source - http://epguides.com/SaturdayNightLive/ 173.17.49.133 (talk) 14:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

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COVID-19

There have been numerous posts on Internet sites attributed to John Prine's family saying that he has been fighting the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, has been intubated, and "the situation is critical". The story which appears to have originated on Facebook, has been picked up by a number of lesser-known media outlets, however none of them (so far) seem to meet the standard of WP:RS. I have, however, added the BLP template to the page. MCB (talk) 21:58, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

The BLP template was already there; I managed to skip past it when reading, sorry. MCB (talk) 22:02, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

John Prine death

Can someone make a section for his death and put his whole covid-19 story in and remove it from the personal life section Theoh185 (talk) 01:34, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Discography

I am unfortunately apparently not skilled enough to edit wikitables, so could someone add Prine's two latest singles to the "Guest Singles" table ("Memories" and "Please Let Me Go Around Again"), both from Swamp Dogg's 2020 album "Sorry You Couldn't Make It". Hopefully someone more savvy can insert those into the table, if not I will try to take another stab at it when I have more time to sharpen my html skills. Thanks! Jake (talk) 08:37, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

I figured it out Jake (talk) 01:52, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Lead Photo

I think it would be useful to update the main photo on this page to something recent from The Tree of Forgiveness tour or from his formative era, as either are more representative of his career overall than a photo from 2006. The reason I suggest his last tour is not only because it is timely, but because it was by far the greatest commercial success of his career. 2006 is far past the era in which he created his most influential songs, and significantly before his most successful album, so I feel that another photo would be more topical, especially in light of his death. I would be grateful to anyone who takes it upon themselves to update the photo. Thanks Jake (talk) 08:22, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Lake Marie

Interesting note perhaps not worth mentioning in the article itself: Lake Marie, which "quotes" a bit of lyric from the tune Louie Louie, also uses a similar 1-4-5 chord progression used in that song. Typical of things John would do in his songwriting that also points to one reason for why he was well regarded by not only the public, but by peers also.THX1136 (talk) 01:31, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Where Was John Prine Buried?

According to Find a Grave (and backed up by a photo), John Prine is buried at the Larkspur Conservation, a green burial cemetery in Tennessee. However, the article states that he was cremated and the ashes divested. What gives? Nasdaqpic (talk) 00:09, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

The Find A Grave site mentions that a portion of his ashes are buried there. I don't know of a source to confirm that though. He was definitely cremated and his ashes divested though. Halfwaywrong (talk) 03:15, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

I will try to find one, as I think it's worth putting on the website. I was under the impression that Larkspur was burial only, but I could've been mistaken. Nasdaqpic (talk) 04:47, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Singles

There's a list of guest singles, but not of his own singles? That's leaving out an important part of his discography. 2601:244:417D:750:21E9:B80B:C2F0:BD08 (talk) 21:27, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Austin City Limits

Prine appeared on nine ACL episodes, plus the posthumous retrospective show. There does not seem to be an easily identified place to put this within the current article. Anyone have any thoughts on how to include it?--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 17:08, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Sam Stone

The entry incorrectly identifies ‘Sam Stone’ as being about a Vietnam vet. It is about a WWII vet. ~2026-53190-72 (talk) 02:36, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

"Sam Stone is a tragic story of a soldier who returns from Vietnam to deal with PTSD, a drug addiction, and an eventual overdose. According to interviews given by John, the song is not a biographical account of a specific soldier, but it is the story of more veterans than most of us want to think about." ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 14:36, 3 October 2026 (UTC)