Revered American folk songwriter John Prine dies of coronavirus

On April 3 Prine's wife Fiona had posted on social media the beloved country and folk star was on his eighth day in the ICU on a ventilator, and had pneumonia in both lungs.

Born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois, Prine took up music as a hobby before emerging on the Chicago folk revivalist scene in the late 1960s, when he was discovered by country star Kris Kristofferson. "When someone turns the country backwards," he told Florida's St. Petersburg Times in 2005,"they should at least expect to be called out on it."The bluegrass-loving musician with a penchant for allegory enjoyed riffing on country music tropes with stereotypical spoofs, adding whimsical touches to heavier lyricism.

In 1981, tired of the recording establishment he considered exploitative of artists, Prine founded his own record label Oh Boy Records in Nashville. "The combination of being that tender and that wise and that astute mixed with his homespun sense of humor -- it was probably the closest thing for those of us that didn't get the blessing of seeing Mark Twain in person," said fellow musician Bonnie Raitt, who covered one of Prine's most cherished songs"Angel From Montgomery" in 1974.Prine's storied career included two battles with cancer.

"A simple majority of who I am as a person, let alone a musician, is because of John prine," Vernon said.

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