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Chanteur Country / Folk US né le 10 Octobre 1946 à Maywood (Illinois).
John Prine est décédé le 7 Avril 2020 à Nashville (Tennessee).
An
acclaimed singer/songwriter whose literate work flirted with everything from
acoustic folk to rockabilly to straight-ahead country, John Prine was born
October 10, 1946, in Maywood, Illinois. Raised by parents firmly rooted in their
rural Kentucky background, at age 14 Prine began learning to play the guitar
from his older brother while taking inspiration from his grandfather, who had
played with
Merle Travis. After a two-year tenure in the U.S. Army, Prine became a
fixture on the Chicago folk music scene in the late '60s, befriending another
young performer named Steve Goodman.
Prine's compositions caught the ear of
Kris Kristofferson, who was instrumental in helping him win a recording
contract. In 1971, he went to Memphis to record his eponymously titled debut
album; though not a commercial success, songs like "Sam Stone," the harsh tale
of a drug-addled Vietnam veteran, won critical approval. Neither 1972's Diamonds
in the Rough nor 1973's Sweet Revenge fared any better on the charts, but
Prine's work won great renown among his fellow performers;
the Everly Brothers covered his song "Paradise," while both Bette Midler and
Joan Baez offered renditions of "Hello in There."
For 1975's Common Sense, Prine turned to producer Steve Cropper, the highly
influential house guitarist for the Stax label; while the album's sound shocked
the folk community with its reliance on husky Vocals and booming drums, it
served notice that Prine was not an artist whose work could be pigeonholed, and
was his only LP to reach the U.S. Top 100. Steve Goodman took over the reins for
1978's folky Bruised Orange, but on 1979's Pink Cadillac, Prine took another
left turn and recorded an electric rockabilly workout produced at Sun Studios by
the label's legendary founder Sam Phillips, and his son Knox.
Following 1980's Storm Windows, Prine was dropped by Asylum, and he responded by
forming his own label, Oh Boy Records, with the help of longtime manager Al
Bunetta. The label's first release was 1984's Aimless Love, and under his own
imprint, Prine's music thrived, as 1986's country-flavored German Afternoons
earned a Grammy nomination in the Contemporary Folk category. After 1988's John
Prine Live, he released 1991's Grammy-winning The Missing Years; co-produced by
Howie Epstein of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, the album featured guest appearances
from Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, and Tom Petty and proved to be Prine's
biggest commercial success to date, selling nearly 250,000 copies. After making
his film debut in 1992's John Mellencamp-directed Falling from Grace, Prine
returned in 1995 with Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, also produced by Epstein,
which earned him another Grammy nomination.
In 1998, while Prine was working on an album of male/female country duets, he
was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, with the cancer forming on the right
side of his neck. Prine underwent surgery and radiation treatment for the
cancer, and in 1999 was well enough to complete the album, which was released as
In Spite of Ourselves and featured contributions from
Emmylou Harris,
Lucinda Williams,
Trisha Yearwood,
Patty Loveless,
Connie Smith, and more. In 2000, Prine re-recorded 15 of his best-known
songs (partly to give his voice a workout following his treatment, but primarily
so Oh Boy would own recordings of his earlier hits) for an album called
Souvenirs, originally issued in Germany but later released in the United States.
In 2005, he released Fair & Square, a collection of new songs, followed by a
concert tour. Two years later, alongside singer and guitarist
Mac Wiseman, Prine issued Standard Songs for Average People, a collection of
the two musicians' interpretations of 14 folk and country classics. In Person &
on Stage, a collection of performances from various concert tours, appeared in
2010.
In 2016, Prine issued a follow-up to In Spite of Ourselves titled For Better, Or
Worse, another set of duet performances of classic country tunes. This time
around, Prine's Vocals partners included
Kacey Musgraves,
Alison Krauss,
Miranda Lambert, Susan Tedeschi,
Lee Ann Womack,
Kathy Mattea, and Prine's frequent collaborator
Iris DeMent.
Prine teamed up with Nashville producer Dave Cobb to record 2018's The Tree of
Forgiveness, his first set of original songs since 2005; the album included
guest appearances from Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, and Amanda Shires.
The record was a critical and commercial success, rising to number five on the
Top 200 albums chart, peaking at number two on the Country Albums chart, and
going all the way to number one on the Folk albums chart. The Tree of
Forgiveness would prove to be Prine's last hurrah; he died on April 7, 2020,
from complications of the COVID-19 virus. He was 73 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Folk, Folk Rock, Americana
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 07/1971 | SP ATLANTIC 45-2815 (US) | . |
Blue Umbrella / Sam Stone |
| 01/1972 | SP ATLANTIC 45-2857 (US) | . |
Illegal Smile / Quiet Man |
| 11/1972 | SP ATLANTIC 45-2925 (US) | . |
Everybody / Clocks And Spoons |
| 03/1974 | SP ATLANTIC 45-3013 (US) | . |
Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Onomatopeia |
| 1975 | SP ATLANTIC 45-3218 (US) | . |
Illegal Smile (Theme Song) / Illegal Smile |
| 1975 | SP ATLANTIC 45-3276 (US) | . |
Middle Man / Saddle In The Rain |
| 1975 | SP ATLANTIC 45-3297 (US) | . |
Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard / Common Sense |
| 08/1978 | SP ASYLUM E 45509 (US) | . |
Everybody / Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone |
| 11/1978 | SP ASYLUM E 45550 (US) | . |
There She Goes / That's The Way That World Goes Around |
| 02/1980 | SP ASYLUM E 46562 (US) | . |
Automobile / Ubangi Stomp |
| 11/1981 | SP OH BOY OBR-001 (US) |
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Silver Bells |
| 1986 | SP OH BOY OBR-004 (US) |
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Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiin / Kokomo |
| 1991 | CD This Way Up WAY 1199 (UK) (promo) |
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Take A Look At My Heart / Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness |
| 1991 | CD This Way Up WAY 399 (UK) |
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All The Best / It's A Big Old Goofy World |
| 1992 | CD OH BOY JPCDJ 1 (UK) |
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Picture Show / Great Rain |
| 1995 | CD Medley ROSPROM 108 (DK) |
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I Just Want To Dance With You (Tamra Rosanes with John Prine) |
| 2008 | EP OH BOY OBR-034-EP (US) |
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Fair And Square - Carousel Of Love / That's Alright By Me / That's How Every Empire Falls / Dual Custody |
| 11/2015 | EP 10" Train Wreck TW 0054 (US) (limited editin) |
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Sixteen Angels Dancing 'Cross The Moon - Chip Taylor & John Prine : Sixteen Angels Dancing 'Cross The Moon / Chip Taylor & John Prine : One Hell Of A Guy / Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez & Jon Langford : One For The Road |
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Albums
| 10/1971 | LP 12" ATLANTIC SD-8296 (US) |
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JOHN PRINE - Illegal Smile / Spanish Pipedream / Hello In There / Sam Stone / Paradise / Pretty Good / Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore / Far From Me / Angel From Montgomery / Quit Man / Donald And Lydia / Six O'clock News / Flashback Blues | ||
| 09/1972 | LP 12" ATLANTIC SD-7240 (US) |
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DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH - Everybody / Torch Singer / Souvenirs / Late John Garfield Blues / Sour Grapes / Billy The Bum / Frying Pan / Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You / Take The Star Out Of The Window / Great Compromise / Clocks And Spoons / Rocky Mountain Time / Diamonds In The Rough | ||
| 1973 | LP 12" BBC Transcription Services CN 1772/S (UK) |
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Stereo Pop Special-41 - Claire Hamill / John Prine - Claire Hamill : Luck Of The Draw / Crying Under The Bedclothes / Sydney Gorgeous / Stay Tonight / You Take My Breath Away / All The Cakes She Baked Him / Ach Please Daddy / Baseball Blues / John PRINE : Going To The Country / Illegal Smile / Sam Stone / Rocky Mountain Time / Everybody / Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore |
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| 09/1974 | LP 12" ATLANTIC SD-7274 (US) |
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SWEET REVENGE - Sweet Revenge / Please Don't Bury Me / Christmas In Prison / Dear Abby / Blue Umbrella / Often Is A Word I Seldom Use / Onomatopoeia / Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Accident / Mexican Home / Good Time / Nine Pound Hammer | ||
| 03/1975 | LP 12" ATLANTIC SD-18127 (US) |
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COMMON SENCES - Middleman / Common Sense / Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard / Wedding Day In Funeralville / Way Down / My Own Best Friend / Forbidden Jimmy / Saddle In The Rain / That Close To You / He Was In Heaven Before He Died / You Never Can Tell | ||
| 11/1976 | LP 12" ATLANTIC SD-18202 (US) |
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PRIME PRINE - Sam Stone / Saddle In The Rain / Please Don't Bury Me / Great Compromise / Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Donald And Lydia / Illegal Smile / Sweet Revenge / Dear Abby / Souvenirs / Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard / Hello In There | ||
| 06/1978 | LP 12" ASYLUM 6E-139 (US) |
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BRUISED ORANGE - Fish And Whistle / There She Goes / If You Don't Want My Love / That's The Way The World Goes Round / Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow) / Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone / Aw Heck / Crooked Piece Of Time / Iron On Betty / The Hobo Song | ||
| 07/1979 | LP 12" ASYLUM 6E-222 (US) |
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PINK CADILLAC - China Town / Automobile / Killing The Blues / No Name Girl / Saigon / This Cold War With You / Baby Let's Play House / Down By The Side Of The Road / How Lucky / Ubangi Stomp | ||
| 08/1980 | LP 12" ASYLUM 6E-286 (US) |
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STORM WINDOWS - Shop Talk / Living In The Future / It's Happening To You / Sleepy Eyed Boy / All Night Blue / Just Wanna Be With You / Storm Windows / Baby Ruth / One Red Rose / I Had A Dream | ||
| 08/1983 | 2 LP 12" RHINO RNFP-71400 (US) |
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GREAT DAYS - ANTHOLOGY :
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| 1984 | LP 12" OH BOY LPS-002 (US) |
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AIMLESS LOVE - Be My Friend Tonight / Aimless Love / Me And Myself / Oldest Baby In The World / Slow Boat To China / Bottomless Lake / Maureen Maureen / Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love / People Puttin' People Down / Unwed Fathers / Only Love | ||
| 06/1986 | CD OH BOY OBR-003 (US) |
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GERMAN AFTERNOONS - Lulu Walls / Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness / Out Of Love / Sailin' Around / If She Were You / Linda Goes To Mars / Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian / I Just Want To Dance With You / Love Love Love / Bad Boy / They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Paradise | ||
| 1988 | 2 LP 12" OH BOY OBR-005 (US) |
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JOHN PRINE LIVE :
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| 1990 | CD Mobile Fidelity Sound MFCD 856 (US) |
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AIMLESS LOVE - Be My Friend Tonight / Aimless Love / Me And Myself / Oldest Baby In The World / Slow Boat To China / Bottomless Lake / Maureen Maureen / Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love / People Puttin' People Down / Unwed Fathers / Only Love | ||
| 09/1991 | CD OH BOY OBR 009CD (US) |
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THE MISSING YEARS - Picture Show / All The Best / Sins Of Mephisto / Everybody Wants To Feel Like You / It's A Big Old Goofy World / I Want To Be With You Always / Daddy's Little Pumpkin / Take A Look At My Heart / Great Rain / Way Back Then / Unlonely / You Got Old / Everybody Is Cool / Jesus The Missing Years | ||
| 11/1993 | CD OH BOY OBR 011CD (US) |
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A JOHN PRINE CHRISTMAS - Everything Is Cool / All The Best / Silent Night All Day Long / If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man / Silver Bells / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Christmas In Prison / John Prine Christmas | ||
| 04/1995 | CD OH BOY OBR 013CD (US) |
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LOST DOGS + MIXED BLESSINGS - New Train / Ain't Hurtin' Nobody / All The Way With You / We Are The Lonely / Lake Marie / Humidity Built The Snowman / Day Is Done / Quit Hollerin' At Me / Big Fat Love / Same Thing Happened To Me / This Love Is Real / Leave The Lights On / He Forgot That It Was Sunday / I Love You So Much It Hurts | ||
| 04/1997 | CD OH BOY OBR 015CD (US) |
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LIVE ON TOUR - Picture Show / Quit Hollerin' At Me / You Got Gold / Unwed Fathers / Space Monkey / Late John Garfield Blues / Storm Windows / Jesus The Missing Years / Humidity Built The Snowman / Illegal Smile / Daddy's Little Pumpkin / Lake Marie / If I Could / Stick A Needle In My Eye / You Mean So Much To Me | ||
| 11/1998 | CD OH BOY OBR 018CD (US) |
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Lucky 13 - Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian / Beautiful World / Kokomo / I was Right About You (Keith Sykes) / Me Casa Su Casa (Keith Sykes) / Betty Was Black (& Willie Was White) (The Bis-Quits) / Small Town/Big Hair (The Bis-Quits) / Miss Liberty (Heather Eatman) / Half A Woman (Heather Eatman) / World Owes Me (R.B. Morris) / Roy (R.B. Morris with John Prine) / The Oldest Baby In The World (Donnie Fritts) / Why is My Day So Long (Donnie Fritts with John Prine) |
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| 09/1999 | CD OH BOY CD-019 (US) |
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IN SPITE OF OURSELVES - (We're Not) The Jet Set (with Iris DeMent) / So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) (with Connie Smith) / Wedding Bells - Let's Turn Back The Years (with Lucinda Williams) / When Two Worlds Collide (with Trisha Yearwood) / Milwaukee Here I Come (with Melba Montgomery) / I Know One (with Emmylou Harris) / It's A Cheating Situation (with Dolores Keane) / Back Street Affair (with Patty Loveless) / Loose Talk (with Connie Smith) / Let's Invite Them Over (with Iris DeMent) / Till A Tear Becomes A Rose (with Fiona Prine) / In A Town This Size (with Dolores Keane) / We Could (with Iris DeMent) / We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds (with Melba Montgomery) / In Spite Of Ourselves (with Iris DeMent) / Dear John (I've Sent Your Saddle Home). | ||
| 10/2000 | CD OH BOY OBR 021 (US) |
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SOUVENIRS - Souvenirs / Fish And Whistle / Far From Me / Angel From Montgomery / Donald And Lydia / Christmas In Prison / Storm Windows / Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Late John Garfield Blues / Blue Umbrella / Six O'Clock News / People Puttin' People Down / Sam Stone / Please Don't Bury Me / Hello In There | ||
| 04/2005 | CD OH BOY OBR 034 (US) |
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FAIR AND SQUARE - Glory Of True Love / Crazy As A Loon / Long Monday / Taking A Walk / Some Humans Ain't Human / My Darlin' Hometown / Morning Train / Moon Is Down / Clay Pigeons / She Is My Everything / I Hate It When That Happens To Me / Bear Creek Blues / BONUS TRACKS : Other Side Of Town / Safety Joe | ||
| 2007 | 2 LP 12" OH BOY OBR 034 (US) |
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FAIR AND SQUARE :
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| 04/2007 | CD OH BOY OBR 038 (US) |
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Standard Songs for Average People - John Prine & Mac Wiseman - Blue-Eyed Elaine / Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age / I Forgot To Remember To Forget / I Love You Because / Pistol-Packin' Mama / Saginaw, Michigan / Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine / Old Cape Cod / Death Of Floyd Collins / The Blue Side Of Lonesome / In The Garden / Just The Other Side Of Nowhere / Old Rugged Cross / Where The Blue Of The Night | ||
| 05/2010 | CD OH BOY OBR 039 (US) |
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In Person & On Stage - Spanish Pipe Dream / She Is My Everything / In Spite Of Ourselves / Long Monday / The Late John Garfield Blues / The Bottomless Lake / Bear Creek Blues / Saddle In The Rain / Angel From Montgomery / Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore / Mexican Home / Unwed Fathers / Glory Of True Love / Paradise |
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| 10/2011 | 2 CD OH BOY OBR 040 (US) |
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The Singing Mailman Delivers :
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| 07/2013 | 2 LP 12" OH BOY OBR-009 (US) |
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The Missing Years
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| 11/2014 | 2 CD Raven RVCD 383 (AUS) |
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Angels From Montgomery - 4 Essential Albums 1971-1975 :
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| 04/2015 | LP 12" OH BOY OBR 043 (US) |
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September ’78 - Often Is A Word I Seldom Use / Angel From Montgomery / Crooked Piece Of Time / I Had A Dream / Try To Find Another Man / Pretty Good / Iron Ore Betty / Please Don't Bury Me / Treat Me Nice / Sweet Revenge |
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| 01/2016 | 2 CD All Access AACD 0133 (US) |
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Bottom Line :
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| 04/2016 | CD Golden Rain GRCD 010 (US) |
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The 1970 Broadcasts - Hello In There / Souvenirs / Sam Stone / Paradise / Blue Umbrella / Aw Heck / Illegal Smile / Flashback Blues / The Frying Pan / Sour Grapes / A Star, A Jewel And A Hoax / Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Hit / The Great Compromise / Angel From Montgomery / A Good Time / Hey, Good Lookin' - Jambalaya / Quiet Man / Spanish Pipedream / Hello In There / Interview With Studs Terkel / The Frying Pan / Interview / Sam Stone / Interview / Donald & Lydia / Spanish Pipedream / Interview / Flashback Blues |
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| 06/2016 | CD Laser Media 1142522 (GER) |
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One Red Rose - Steve Goodman & John Prine - Conversation / How Lucky / Conversation / Flight 191 / Conversation / Automobile / Conversation / Would You Like to Learn to Dance? / Conversation / One Red Rose / Conversation / The Vegetable Song / Conversation / Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Conversation / The Late John Garfield Blues / Conversation / San Antonio Rose / Conversation |
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| 09/2016 | CD OH BOY OBR 044 (US) |
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For Better, or Worse - Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out / Storms Never Last / Falling In Love Again / Color Of The Blues / I'm Telling You / Remember Me / Look At Us / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke / Fifteen Years Ago / Cold Cold Heart / Dreaming My Dreams / Mental Cruelty / Mr. & Mrs. Used To Be / My Happiness / Just Waitin' | ||
| 04/2018 | CD OH BOY 13327CD (US) |
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The Tree of Forgiveness - Knockin' On Your Screen Door / I Have Met My Love Today / Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone) / Summer's End / Caravan Of Fools / The Lonesome Friends Of Science / No Ordinary Blue / Boundless Love / God Only Knows / When I Get To Heaven |
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