Elvis Costello penned a touching essay in honor of John Prine
from complications of COVID-19. Since then, a number of musicians and fans alike have been flooding social media with tributes and heartfelt remarks on the late Americana legend.penned a touching essay in honor of Prine, who he discovered"via an Atlantic Record single plucked out of a discount bin of 45rpm records on the counter of Rushworth and Dreaper in Liverpool."
Costello noted Prine's"initial self-titled album," which featured songs"that no one else was writing, filled with details that only Prine’s eye or ear caught; the arcane radio, the damaged and the destitute. The songs were filled with what sounded like sound advice from a friend in a crowded bar or a voice in the margins, but never one that was self-pitying or self-regarding.
"Perhaps he too was hunched over a guitar, trying to puzzle out how to pull beauty from so few chords or in need of an audience that allowed for the hushed dynamic of the songs. It was a wonderful surprise that he could also be the charming showman, possessed of some surprisingly nimble footwork."Spectacle
"Perhaps some future archivist may stumble upon the footage years from now and recognize it to be a chat between one of the great songwriters of the 20th and 21st Century, talking to a man in glasses with a clipboard," he lightheartedly reflected.
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