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Oh Boy Records is proud to present John Prine Beyond Words, a songbook by John Prine. In his first official book, Prine curates a selection of his favorites songs, photographs and stories from his catalog. The new book includes: Over 100 photographs from John Prine's personal collection Copies of hand-written lyrics showing how the songs evolved Notes from John about the songs and photographs Lyrics and guitar chords for over 60 classic John Prine songs "He did a better job of holding up the…

'Angel from Montgomery' has long been hailed as one of the definitive John Prine songs, with much significance to his words, and an interesting back story.

Folk legend John Prine looks back on his colorful, still-thriving career.

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John Prine painted songs with splintered brushstrokes. His songwriting poignancy, draped around a reedy, unmistakable timbre, was a natural, God-given gift. His style was often humor-laced, other times more plainspoken and directed at the everyman. His talents are best explored with such songs as “Hello in There,” off his 1971 self-titled debut, a stark examination […]

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Singer/songwriter John Prine poses for a portrait on November 5, 1972 in New York City, New York.

After nearly 50 years of songwriting, John Prine has released a book, Beyond Words, full of photos, handwritten lyrics and notations full of typical cockeyed humor and Zen-like poetic observation.

John Prine once picked out the three musicians who have influenced his songwriting most and, alongside Bob Dylan, there are two classic names.