Coronavirus Claims Singer-Songwriter John Prine At Age 73

Prine’s family admitted him to a hospital on March 29th

The news was confirmed by both Rolling Stone and Billboard Magazine.  The singer-songwriter started his music career in Chicago in the early 1970s, and was convinced to move to Nashville by producer “Cowboy” Jack Clement.

Well-known for his story songs with vivid imagery, countless artists covered Prine’s songs, including Johnny Cash (“Sam Stone”), Bette Midler (“Hello in There”) and Bonnie Raitt (“Angel From Montgomery”), as well as Zac Brown Band (“All the Best”), Miranda Lambert (“That’s the Way the World Goes Round”) and George Strait (“I Just Want to Dance with You”). He is also an uncredited co-writer on “You Never Even Call Me by My Name,” made famous by David Allan Coe and recorded by countless others.

Read more about John Prine’s career in Billboard.