Word: prine
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...crowd to sing along with "The Rose" while waving their cell phones like cigarette lighters at a '60s concert. Still, she's at her best not so much in the pop ballads that gave her mid-career a Top 40 lift, as in a plaintive ballad like John Prine's "Hello in There," or her rave-up of "When a Man Loves a Woman." They're terrific songs, and prove the lady's still got the lung power. (Does she take requests? Please, then, an encore of her late-70s gut-destroyer "Stay With...
...Dixie Chicks), but their path to acceptance was eased immeasurably by radio pioneer Laura Ellen Hopper. In 1975 Hopper co-founded the cultish, eclectic, now defunct California station KFAT, still widely revered for its rejection of the conservative country establishment and its support of quirky artists from John Prine to Jerry Jeff Walker. Those and newer stars like Iris DeMent got a bigger push at her more successful second home, KPIG, where as founder and program director she promoted and popularized the alternative country sound of Americana. She was 57 and had lung cancer...
...Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan 2. Kiss - Prince (tied with "Paisley Park") 3. Happy - Jagger/Richard 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams 6. I Fall to Pieces - Harlan Howard/Hank Cochran 7. Angel From Montgomery - John Prine 8. Tennessee Stud - Doc Watson version 9. Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs 10. Avalon - Roxy Music...