Kentucky ties run deep in the latest edition of “In My Room,” in which mymorningjacket frontman jimjames pays tribute to John Prine’s inimitable songwriting. Watch the full video here
’s inimitable songwriting. Prine, whose family had links to the Bluegrass State, died on April 7th at the age of 73 from complications of COVID-19.
Wearing a battered straw hat, James gives an acoustic performance of four of Prine’s songs from his home in Los Angeles, weaving his memories of hearing the music and meeting Prine between each rendition. “One of my favorite things about John’s songs is how funny they are,” James explains. “It’s such an amazing thing that I don’t feel like many people have mastered other than John — the ability to make a sad song so funny and a funny song so sad.”, followed by the surrealistic whimsy of “Spanish Pipedream” and the Kentucky-centric social commentary of “Paradise” from Prine’s self-titled 1971 debut album.
“Before I even heard a word, I knew that I would love the music on that record,” James says. “And I did, and it formed such a huge part of my consciousness and my growth as a musician.”The Missing Years“I just hope everybody’s doing ok out there and I just want to wish so much love and so much peace and so much safety, for yourself and your family,” he says. “And I wish so much love for John’s family and for everybody that misses him so much right now.
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