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A new version of John Prine’s “Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You,” performed by Tyler Childers, is debuting today. Listen/share HERE. The song—whose proceeds benefit The Hickman Holler Appalachian Relief Fund—will be featured on the forthcoming Prine tribute record, Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol.
This week's column also includes new music from Pistol Annies, Dustin Lynch, Riley Green and more
Tyler Childers released a cover of John Prine's "Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You" set to appear on the upcoming Prine tribute album 'Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2.'
Listen • 9:50 Sturgill Simpson performs onstage during The 59th Grammy Awards at Staples Center in 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson remembers when he first learned John Prine was admitted to the hospital with COVID-19. “I was just sort of standing outside and just kind of accepted the fact that I probably was never going to see him again,” he recalls. Simpson’s feeling was correct: Prine died on April 7, 2020, a loss for Simpson, who considered the country legend a hero, mentor and friend. To honor...
When John Prine was hospitalized last year with COVID-19, Sturgill Simpson had a feeling that he might never see his friend and mentor again. At 73 years old, Prine was a country folk legend and a two-time Grammy Award winner. His song "Paradise," which he wrote for his father — a native of Paradise, Kentucky — has been covered by dozens of artists. After Prine died on April 7, 2020, Simpson — himself, a Kentucky native and Grammy winner — offered to cover the song again for the upcoming tribute album "Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2," out this fall. Here &...