John Prine - Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age - Standard Songs for Average People
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- čas přidán 24. 03. 2019
- John Prine and Mac Wieman singing "Don't Be Ahamed of Your Age" off of their 2007 album, "Standard Songs for Average People"
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Lyrics:
Don't be ashamed of your age
Don't let the years get you down
That old gang you knew, they still think of you
As a rounder in your old hometown
Don't mind the grey in your hair
Just think of all the fun you've had puttin' it there
As for that old book of time, you've never skipped a page
So don't be ashamed of your age, brother
Don't be ashamed of your age
Listen, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown
Don't let your age get you down
Life ain't begun until you're forty, son
That's when you really start to go to town
Don't wish that you were a lad
Why, boy, you've lost more gals than they've ever had
And, listen, you've graduated from that ol' sucker stage
So don't be ashamed of your age, brother
Don't be ashamed of your age
Singer. Songwriter. Poet. Icon.
John Prine was an artist’s artist with a list of admirers and collaborators that cut across musical genres and generations - names like Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Brandi Carlile, George Strait, Kurt Vile, Miranda Lambert, The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, among others.
Though he was born in Maywood, Illinois, in 1946, John declared himself “pure Kentuckian” throughout his life. His parents, Willian and Verna, were natives of Paradise, Kentucky. The family would spend summers there in Muhlenberg County, where John listened to bluegrass music and studied the guitar styles of country music heroes Doc Watson and Merle Travis with his older brother, Dave.
In Maywood, he worked as a postman before being drafted into the army in 1966. It was as a postman that John began to write the songs that would connect with so many. He sang at Chicago folk clubs, where he was introduced to singer-songwriter Kris Kristopherson, who invited John to open for him in New York. It was there that Jerry Wexler, president of Atlantic Records, first heard Prine and offered him a recording contract. His self-titled debut album was released in 1971 and featured a list of songs now regarded as classics, including “Paradise,” “Angel From Montgomery,” “Illegal Smile,” Hello in There,” and “Sam Stone.” Prine received the first of his 13 Grammy nominations in 1972 for Best New Artist. He would record three more albums for Atlantic and another three with Asylum.
His profound impact on American music was amplified in 1981 when John co-founded Oh Boy Records, and independent label where he released most of his subsequent work and which gave voice and respect to so many fellow singers and songwriters.
In his distinguished career, John won four Grammys and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2020). He was a three-time recipient of the Artist of the Year Award at the Americana Music Honors & Awards, which also honored him with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting. He won the Pen/New England Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award (2016) and was enshrined in the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2019). In addition, John was named Honorary Poet Laureate of Illinois (2020).
John Prine passed away on April 7, 2020 due to complications from Covid-19. The outpouring of grief and love from his fan community was staggering. Over 500,000 viewers participated in an online memorial and tribute that raised more than half a million dollars for Covid-related community causes. In 2021, the Prine family created the Hello In There Foundation to honor John’s spirit of generosity towards those in need. Fiona Prine and her sons continue to operate and expand the reach of John’s independent record label, Oh Boy Records.
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I'm 73 and happy to still be here! Great song, Thanks John!
This is from a great album of duets put together by John Prine and Bob Wills' veteran Mac Wiseman.
It's got some great old tunes.
Wiseman, who takes the first verse, was born in Cremora,VA Virginia in 1925 and died in Nashville in 2019. He was primarily a bluegrass and mostly acoustic country musician. In a very long career that lasted from 1944 to 2019, he worked in a number of bands including those of Flat and Scruggs, and Bill Monroe. Much of his career was as a solo artist from his 1951 hit single, Tis Sweet to be Remembered. He appeared in countless bluegrass and folk festivals. He helped organize the Country Music Association in 1958 and the International Bluegrass Music Association in 1986.
I’m turning 60 on July 4th...this is what I want sung that day
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Waiting for “The French Family Band” to own this one 😀
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Geez now I do.. bug I fries above. Skip and rest. Get along. Love those girls.
You bring last hopes to be New.
How fitting for Baby Boomers...!
10-4 Porch...
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