Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

Happy Birthday Mr. Prine
Happy Birthday Mr. Prine

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October.  We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine Please Don't Bury Me Sweet Revenge Amazon
3Steve Goodman Donald And Lydia Steve Goodman Amazon
4John Prine Paradise The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970] Amazon
5John Prine Hello in There Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
6John Prine Souvenirs Tribute to Steve Goodman Amazon
7John Prine Sam Stone Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters Amazon
8John Prine Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970) The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2] Amazon
9John Prine Nine Pound Hammer Sweet Revenge Amazon
10John Prine Sweet Revenge Sweet Revenge Amazon
11John Prine The Oldest Baby in the World Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
12John Prine/Steve Goodman Souvenirs Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
13Bonnie Raitt And John Prine Angel From Montgomery Coal Country Music Amazon
14John Prine Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine Live Amazon
15John Prine It's Happening To You Storm Windows Amazon
16John Prine Linda Goes to Mars German Afternoons Amazon
17Tom Paxton Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine) Redemption Road Amazon
18My Morning Jacket All The Best Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Amazon
19The Boxmasters Christmas in Prison Christmas Cheer Amazon
20John Prine & Mac Wiseman Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
21John Prine with Fiona Prine 'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
22John Prine/Iris Dement (We're Not) The Jet Set In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
23John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better, Or Worse Amazon
24Holly Williams/John Prine I'm Telling You For Better, Or Worse Amazon
25Alison Krauss/John Prine Falling in Love Again For Better, Or Worse Amazon
26John Prine Color of the Blues (feat. Susa For Better, Or Worse Amazon
27John Prine Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home) In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
28John Prine Just Waitin' For Better, Or Worse Amazon
29John Prine With Connie Smith So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad) In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
30Johnny Cash Paradise [#] Personal File Disc 1 Amazon
31Fiona Prine/John Prine My Happiness For Better, Or Worse Amazon
32John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon

Celebrating the Circle

Celebrating the Circle
Celebrating the Circle

This week, Dave Stroud revisits the seminal release of 1972 that brought together multiple generations of musicians, introducing a new generation of listeners to their music and, in some cases, to each other. Will The Circle Be Unbroken was a concept made real by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, then a “bunch of long-haired West Coast boys” (as Roy Acuff would describe them) and the talent that they were able to muster would influence country, bluegrass, and rock for decades to come. In addition to the big names of decades before them like Roy Acuff, Maybelle Carter, and Jimmy Martin, the Dirt Band would bring together lesser known names like Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, and Oswald Kirby to make an album that is as fresh and listenable today as it was then. We’ll feature tracks from the album alongside some of the original performances by these legendary masters.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
3The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
4Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter Fair and Tender Ladies Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
5Maybelle Carter The Storms are on the Ocean Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1] Amazon
6Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters WIldwood Flower The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
7The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Wreck on the Highway Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
8Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys Wreck On The Highway The Essential Roy Acuff Amazon
9Roy Acuff Pins & Needles (In My Heart) King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail Amazon
10The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Pins and Needles (In My Heart) Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
11Jimmy Martin Sunny Side Of The Mountain Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
12The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sunny Side of the Mountain Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
13Jimmy Martin You Don't Know My Mind Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
14Jimmy Martin Ocean Of Diamonds Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
15The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nine Pound Hammer Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
16Merle Travis Nine Pound Hammer American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
17Merle Travis Dark As a Dungeon Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
18Merle Travis I Am A Pilgrim The Best of Merle Travis Amazon
19Doc Watson/Merle Watson Black Mountain Rag Black Mountain Rag Amazon
20Doc Watson/Merle Watson Down Yonder Black Mountain Rag Amazon
21The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Down Yonder Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
22The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lonesome Fiddle Blues Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
23Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt Nashville Skyline Rag The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2) Amazon
24Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys Earl's Breakdown [78rpm Version] 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
25Hank Williams Wait For The Light To Shine Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
26Leon Payne Lost Highway Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 Amazon
27The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lost Highway Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
28The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I Saw the Light Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
29Hank Williams I Saw The Light Hank Williams – A Country Legend (3) Amazon
30The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Honky Tonk Blues Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
31The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Orange Blossom Special Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon