John Prine's Debut Album Plus Listener Calls

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot do a classic album dissection of John Prine's debut album with author Erin Osmon. They also listen to feedback on recent episodes from listeners.

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Featured Songs:

John Prine, "Angel From Montgomery," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

John Prine, "A Good Time," Live at the 5th Peg, unreleased, 1970

John Prine, "Paradise," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971

John Prine, "Sam Stone," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971

Dusty Springfield, "Son of a Preacher Man," Dusty In Memphis, Atlantic, 1969

Bonnie Raitt, "Angel From Montgomery," Streetlights, Warner Bros, 1974

John Prine, "Illegal Smile," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971

John Prine, "Spanish Pipedream," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971

John Prine, "Hello In There," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971

John Prine, "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971

Viagra Boys, "In Spite Of Ourselves (feat. Amy Taylor)," Welfare Jazz, Year0001, 2021

Iris DeMent, "Let The Mystery Be," Infamous Angel, Philo, 1992

John Prine, "Jesus, The Missing Years," The Missing Years, Oh Boy, 1991

John Prine, "When I Get To Heaven," The Tree of Forgiveness, Oh Boy, 2018

Tab Benoit, "Stackolina," Wetlands, Telarc, 2002

Wire, "Reuters," Pink Flag, Harvest, 1977

Urge Overkill, "Positive Bleeding," Saturation, Geffen, 1993

Let's Active, "Every Word Means No," Afoot, I.R.S., 1983

Boygenius, "Not Strong Enough," the record, Interscope, 2023

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0:00.0	Hey there if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon,
0:04.0	you can hear it via the Patreon page and free.
0:07.0	So now listen to gentlemen, it is start time.
0:10.0	Are you ready for start time? You're listening to sound opinions and this week we're revisiting our interview with author
0:34.1	Aaron Osman for a classic album dissection of John Prine's 1971 debut. I'm Jim
0:40.8	Deregadas and I'm Greg Kott. We'll also hear feedback from listeners on recent episodes, but first let's jump into John Prine.
0:49.0	For sound opinions, listeners, the name Aaron Osman should be familiar.
0:54.1	She's the music writer who joined us to talk about Jason Molina in 2021,
0:59.1	and she's had a string of great profiles on artists such as John Cougar Mellencamp and Blondie.
1:05.2	I also talked to her class very recently. We were thrilled to welcome Erin back to help us
1:10.5	dissect John Prine's debut album which just so happened to be the topic of her 33
1:16.4	and a third book.
1:17.8	Listeners will also recall that we had John Prine himself on the to the artist but Aaron's book paints a vivid portrait of
1:33.0	Prine at the very beginning of his career by interviewing John's
1:36.8	friends, family, and colleagues.
1:38.8	Aaron, let's start by talking about what drew you to John Prine as a
1:42.0	subject for a book?
1:43.0	You know, in Chicago and we hear the story, it's sort of this mythical thing, but also, you know, I ride
1:48.9	really hard for the Midwest and Prine is such an example of sort of low-key Midwest brilliance, right?
1:54.8	So I think those two things together made me really want to sort of capture this moment in time
2:00.0	and sort of convey his rise, which happened really quickly.
2:04.0	So for folks who don't know, tell the story of how this postman becomes one of the most
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