After all, our memories are the only thing we can truly call our own. Born and raised in Maywood, Illinois, Prine learned to play the. He was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death, and was known for an often humorous style of original music that has elements of protest and social commentary. So if we remember things a little differently than what they really were, it’s probably for the best. John Prine (Octo April 7, 2020) was an American country folk singer-songwriter. We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place where we belong and maybe the only place we really do.”
I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and dragons of home under one’s skin, at the extreme corners of one’s eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe. Maya Angelou, the noted poet, had this to say about our memories of childhood: “Thomas Wolfe warned in the title of America’s great novel that ‘You Can’t Go Home Again.’ I enjoyed the book but I never agreed with the title. Was our house really that small? The point is, your memories are part of who you are and how you got to where you are now. Keith says he discovered Prines catalog about 20. He was 73 years old and regarded as one of the greatest living songwriters. Prine died on Apafter contracting COVID-19. Picking the right song for that tribute wasnt quite as easy. If you look at old photos you’ll find everything seems smaller than you remembered, and every picture brings back memories that aren’t there in that photo. Toby Keith says he knew immediately after John Prine died that his next album would include a tribute.
Our childhood memories are often different than the facts. Thanks to Steve Walton G G G And I remember G every town G And every hotel Am room Am And every song I D ever sang D On a guitar out of G. Reading the lyrics and listening to the song brings me the following conclusion: Prine spoke of this song on the John Prine Shrine website, but he didn’t say what was on his mind when he wrote the song.
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