Kerry Lance

On this day (October 10) in 1946, John Edward Prine was born in Maywood, Illinois. While never achieving a major hit on his own, Prine is a minor deity among his fellow singer-songwriters. Both Bob Dylan and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters have named him among their favorites, with Dylan once referring to his work as “pure Proustian existentialism” and “Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree.” Artists including Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, George Strait, Bonnie Raitt, and Dwight Yoakum have all covered his songs. John Prine died at age 73 on April 7, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee. Today, we honor this songwriting giant on what would have been his 80th birthday. Read  more below: americansongwriter.com/born-…