John Prine – Live (CD) International diameter 3

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which makes the location fitting for an artist who shared that same restless instinct to push against the boundaries of what commercial country music was supposed to sound like

ushering in an era of The Rolling Stones filling stadiums

Half A Dozen Provocative Squats (1:57)

John Prine – Live (CD) International diameter 3John Prine built his reputation the same way most enduring things do, one room at a time, winning over listeners with a conversational directness that made complex emotions feel like something a neighbor might say over a fence. This 1988 concert recording on his own Oh Boy Records captures the songwriter in his natural element, where the space between verses and the quiet laughter of a familiar crowd are as much a part of the music as the songs