John PrineJohn Prine

A mailman from Chicago with a warm, cracked voice who played open mics until Kris Kristofferson championed him. 'Sam Stone' is a devastating portrait of a drug-addicted Vietnam veteran with the refrain 'there's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes.' 'Angel from Montgomery' became Bonnie Raitt's signature. 'Hello in There' is a piercing meditation on elderly loneliness, written when Prine was just twenty-two. Recorded with Elvis Presley's rhythm section in Memphis.