…this expanded edition features five previously unreleased demos and alternate takes, along with the never-before-heard track “Hey Ah Nothin’”.
The other bonus material: alternate versions of “Ain’t Hurting Nobody” and “Quit Hollerin at Me,” acoustic versions of “All the Way with You” and “Humidity Built the Snowman,” and a demo version of “Lake Marie.”
John Prine‘s follow-up to his comeback album, The Missing Years, is more of the same in terms of freeing up Prine’s idiosyncratic muse and marrying the result to Howie Epstein’s top-flight production sound. Fans of the early Prine may find that sound over-produced, but the songs never get lost, and with Prine’s typically humorous, off-center view of the world (song titles include…
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In December 1975, Grammy Award-winning songwriter John Prine played three nights at The Other End (previously and now known as The Bitter End) in Greenwich Village, NYC. The acoustic performances featured some of his best-known songs such as ‘Angel From Montgomery’ and ‘Hello In There’, from his first four studio albums: John Prine (1971), Diamonds In The Rough (1972), Sweet Revenge (1973) and Common Sense (1975).
After nearly 50 years on the road, hotel rooms are a familiar enough sight. Following two bellmen to his suite, Prine settled in with four guitars and 10 boxes of legal pads to complete the album that would become The Tree of Forgiveness.
“I said, ‘If anybody sees me checking into the Omni, they’ll figure Fiona and I are on the outs…