# John Prine in critical condition \[EDIT: RIP\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [March 29, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627 "2020-03-29T23:04:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/1 "2020-03-29T23:04:25Z")
It was posted on his Facebook page by his family. He was hospitalized on 3/26, has been intubated and is in critical condition. They said that he had a sudden onset of conditions. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/2 "2020-03-29T23:17:39Z")
Although this is due to the coronavirus, it’s better suited to Cafe Society. Colibri Quarantine Zone Moderator ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/3 "2020-03-30T00:01:28Z")
His wife has symptoms, too. [John Prine, 73, hospitalized in critical condition with coronavirus symptoms](https://apple.news/A4z_h-E_aRte3wzWO82ywpQ) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/4 "2020-03-30T00:19:42Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Although this is due to the coronavirus… God damn, this shit is getting _personal._ Hands off Prine, virus. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/5 "2020-03-30T00:44:02Z")
He’s one of my favorite song writers and singers. Good wishes to John and his wife. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/6 "2020-03-30T00:44:47Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/7 "2020-03-30T01:03:45Z")
Prine wrote Angel From Montgomery. Bonnie Raitt had a huge hit with it. Angel From Montgomery is Bonnie’s signature song. John and Bonnie have toured together many times. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/8 "2020-03-30T01:19:08Z")
John Prine is a national treasure. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/9 "2020-03-30T01:23:38Z")
(:() so sad ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/10 "2020-03-30T02:00:26Z")
What’s your favorite Prime song? Excluding his Angel from Montgomery hit. Mine is _Grandpa was a Carpenter_. I enjoy playing it. It’s a fun strumming song. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ax1fmLA9iDA/maxresdefault.jpg "Grandpa Was a Carpenter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1fmLA9iDA) Prime has great characters in his songs. > [@](#): > > Grandpa was a carpenter > He built houses stores and banks > Chain smoked Camel cigarettes > And hammered nails in planks > He was level on the level > And shaved even every door > And voted for Eisenhower > Cause Lincoln won the war ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/11 "2020-03-30T02:07:00Z")
Prine Stupid autocorrect turns it into prime every time. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/12 "2020-03-30T02:09:07Z")
I just heard about this on another songwriter’s live stream performance. This is heartbreaking. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/13 "2020-03-30T02:32:53Z")
Joan Baez does a nice thing from her kitchen > ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/14 "2020-03-30T02:42:57Z")
Damn. I’ve been a Prine fan since before his first album came out. Too many favorites to count, but I’m especially fond of “Same Stone,” "Your Flag Decale Won’t Get You (Into Heaven Any More), and “Hello in There,” all off his first album. I’m grieved. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/15 "2020-03-30T03:00:31Z")
Angel from Montgomery > [@](#): > > There’s flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing > And I ain’t done nothing since I woke up today. > How the hell can a person go to work in the morning > And come home in the evening and have nothing to say. Paradise > [@](#): > > And daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County > Down by the Green River where Paradise lay > Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking > Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/16 "2020-03-30T03:00:49Z")
This news actually brought me to tears. I’ve seen him in concert more than anyone else, my first concert was John Prine at the Cellar Door in DC. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/17 "2020-03-30T04:54:42Z")
_She reminds me of a chess game with someone I admire Or a picnic in the rain after a prairie fire Her heart is as big as this whole goddamn jail And she’s sweeter than saccharine at a drugstore sale._ Come on, buddy, pull through. We need your kind. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/18 "2020-03-30T13:22:33Z")
Hello in there > [@](#): > > Ya’ know that old trees just grow stronger > And old rivers grow wilder ev’ry day > Old people just grow lonesome > Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in there, hello” ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/19 "2020-03-30T15:05:59Z")
How Lucky - [Lyrics](http://www.jpshrine.org/lyrics/songs/pchowlucky.html) Song - [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbzdYnnqU4) Today I walked down a street I used to wander Yeah I scratched my head and I lit a cigarette There was all these things that I don’t think I remember Hey how lucky can one man get As I grow older and see the cycle of life repeat over and over, there have been a few constants. One of these is that John Prine has been an inspiration and has been leading the way. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627/20 "2020-03-30T15:35:12Z")
The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) _Last night I saw an accident On the corner of Third and Green Two cars collided and I got excited Just being part of that scene It was Mrs. Tom Walker and her beautiful daughter Pamela, was driving the car They got hit by a man in a light blue sedan Who had obviously been to a bar_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627.md?page=2)