{"id":1319157,"date":"2020-03-29T16:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T22:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1819641"},"modified":"2020-03-29T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T22:32:42","slug":"john-prine-enters-hospital-with-critical-covid-19-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/john-prine-enters-hospital-with-critical-covid-19-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"John Prine Enters Hospital With \u201cCritical\u201d COVID-19 Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:691310?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/cmtcomstaff\/\" title=\"Posts by CMT.com Staff\" rel=\"author\">CMT.com Staff<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n9m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>John Prine, one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters in country, rock, and roots music, is currently hospitalized with symptoms related to COVID-19, according to a statement from his family.<\/p>\n<p>A statement posted to social media read, \u201cThis is hard news for us to share. But so many of you have loved and supported John over the years, we wanted to let you know, and give you the chance to send more of that love and support now. And know that we love you, and John loves you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-VRdTABV0f\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>His wife and manager, Fiona Whelan Prine, revealed her coronavirus diagnosis on March 18.<\/p>\n<p>Prine was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019, as well as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. His most prominent cuts include Bonnie Raitt\u2019s \u201cAngel From Montgomery,\u201d George Strait\u2019s \u201cI Just Want to Dance With You,\u201d and Don Williams\u2019 \u201cLove Is on a Roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RNX6Tr1ZHSU?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RNX6Tr1ZHSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>His most recognizable composition \u2014 though he preferred to be uncredited \u2014 is the inescapable sing-along country classic, \u201cYou Never Even Called Me By My Name,\u201d credited to Prine\u2019s close friend and co-writer, Steve Goodman.<\/p>\n<p>While actively recording since 1971, Prine has seen a number of modern country artists attracted to his songs. Miranda Lambert recorded \u201cThat\u2019s the Way That the World Goes Round\u201d for her <em>Revolution<\/em> album, while Zac Brown Band and Kacey Musgraves offered a collaboration of \u201cAll the Best.\u201d Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne also reference Prine by name in her <em>GIRL<\/em> album cut, \u201cAll My Favorite People.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rtrALjg0-xQ?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rtrALjg0-xQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>As a recording artist, some of his best-loved songs include \u201cHello in There,\u201d \u201cParadise,\u201d \u201cSam Stone,\u201d \u201cSpeed of the Sound of Loneliness,\u201d \u201cSweet Revenge,\u201d and \u201cYour Flag Decal Won\u2019t Get You Into Heaven Anymore.\u201d He\u2019s recorded a number of duets with female country artists such as Iris Dement (\u201cIn Spite of Ourselves\u201d), Patty Loveless, Margo Price, and Trisha Yearwood.<\/p>\n<p>Prine has been nominated for Grammys across five consecutive decades. First on the ballot in the category of Best New Artist of 1972, he finally won his first Grammy for his 1991 folk album, <em>The Missing Years<\/em>. He repeated in that category with 2005\u2019s <em>Fair and Square<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Prine has recorded for his own label, Oh Boy Records, since 1981, making it the second-oldest artist-owned independent record label in the country. He issued his latest album, <em>The Tree of Life<\/em>, in 2018.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1819641\/john-prine-enters-hospital-for-covid-19-symptoms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by CMT.com Staff 9m ago John Prine, one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters in country, rock, and roots music, is currently hospitalized with symptoms related to COVID-19, according to a statement from his family. A statement posted to social media read, \u201cThis is hard news for us to share. But so many of you have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 15:51:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}