Remembering one of America’s most influential songwriters John Prine, who died this week after contracting coronavirus

over 5 years in The sun

“THERE’S a hole in Daddy’s arm where all the money goes,” sang John Prine in his Mid-Western drawl. “Jesus Christ died for nothin’ I suppose.” The song, Sam Stone, was typical Prine, a crushing, fearless indictment of war. It was about a Vietnam vet, back home and unable to cope, suffering from PTSD and using […]

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