"Sam Stone" is the grim, heart-rending tale of a combat veteran who returns home to his family, and his life falls apart. Grappling with PTSD and an in injury to his knee, he turns to morphine, but drug addiction haunts him and his family for the rest of his days. As the drugs t...
John Prine John Prine.Picture:Getty Country and folk singer John Prinedied on April 8, after contracting coronavirus. Prine was an American country and folk singer-songwriter, who was recognised as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation. Stirling Moss Stirling Moss.Picture:Getty ...
Despite a relatively brief musical career, withdrawing from the industry in 1985 to leave "the hype and the hoopla" of the spotlight for a more private life, he is regarded as one of the greats and an influence on many modern artists - his track Grandma's Hands was sam...
While wider mainstream success eluded him for years, he earned a sizeable following, including some of the 20th century’s greatest songwriters. Bob Dylan said in 2009: "Prine’s stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs." ...