This is a cover of John Prine's "Hello In There" from his masterpiece of a first album. For a brilliant example of Americana at it's finest, I urge anyone to check it out. Having loved it for years, I thought it was time to doff my hat to the old maestro and offer up an english reading of the song...just for the pure enjoyment of living with JP for a while. A few years back I wrote a review of that album for an online musician's publication - read it below and then check the album out....treat yourself to one of the best american songwriters around: shankarji's Review of "John Prine" by John Prine "John Prine...one of the select group of American folkies that came out of the 1960s, is a story-telling songwriter par excellence, whose songs are peopled with ordinary, yet extraordinary characters, who evoke a gritty, slightly sentimental atmosphere of that small town America so redolent of mid 20th century writers. His first eponymously titled album...circa 1970 ish...is a real! gem for fans of American acousticana. A critical smash and a commercial disappointment, the record is lyrically diverse and contains many of his best known compositions. Proving himself capable of tackling folk balladry, country and rock with ease, Prine seems to spring into being as a fully formed singer-songwriter at the age of 24. Produced by the legendary Arif Mardin (Aretha Franklin, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Hall and Oates), the record is understated, letting Prine's relaxed and comfortable voice ...
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