John Prine - "Paradise" featuring Kelsey Waldon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Shortly after being signed to Oh Boy Records, Kelsey Waldon & John Prine went into the studio to celebrate! Although Kelsey and John have sung together many times on stage this was their first time time singing together in the studio. Recorded by Gena Johnson at her Studio G these two tracks play up both artists love of Kentucky.
Side A is John's classic song “Paradise”, and Side B is a cover of “Kentucky Means Paradise" written by Kentucky legend Merle Travis. "The Kentucky Sessions" 7" vinyl is available exclusively to fans who pre-order Kelsey's new record White Noise/White Lines from Oh Boy Records.
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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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The world is better with John Prine
Eyam Freemen You are absolutely right!
Eyam Freemen couldn’t agree more
And now it is not better. It is lonesome without JP. Forever a fan. My heart is broken.
It's okay to be sad but we knew that his foot fell asleep as he swallowed his candy and that he was in heaven before he died
I feel like a better person each time I listen to John Prine music...his body is gone but he will forever affect me.
Maywood, IL. American Can Co. Sitting on the tin plate dock, John would be there sitting on a fork truck. He sang this song to me and asked what I thought? It gave me chills, I had never heard anything like it. Never will again. Thank you John.
thank you for sharing
John Prine is like sunshine, fresh air and clean water.
Wow kelsea held it well. This great man and team. Never forgotten will always play this wonderfull song..
I have heard this song over 1,000 times and this song NEVER gets old. A true classic.
1000 up votes if I could
I feel like a sponge that has soaked up all my emotions but everytime John prine just reaches in and squeezes and all the emotions come running out
Pretty damn good description, that.
Very eloquent. I agree.
What a WONDERFUL duet. Thanks for posting this.
I live in south western Pennsylvania. An area ravaged by a century of coal mining and drilling for oil. Unreclaimed strip mines, abandonded mine shafts, orange polluted streams and abandonded oil wells scar the land. This song tugs at my heart each time I hear it
This proud Mexican salutes and will always admire this American treasure that is John Prime. Thanks for all of your music and your beautiful unmatched lyrics.
John PRIME....you got that right.
❤️
¡Contigo Gonzalo! Love God Family and Country. Prine got this idea. - De donde es la corazon es tambien el tesoro.🌹
happy birthday Mr Prine.....may you RIP
First time I've seen this Lady singing with J P. She was good, but this would have been better if they had played together before this event. She has a nice powerful voice. Love and peace to JP, forever.
OMFG!!!!! Great job guys!
Two of John Prine’s biggest fans are a 63 year old father and his 25 year old daughter Giuliana. Simply the best!!
Good morning and what good taste!!!☯️
RIP Mr. Prine! Thank you for making my hometown famous.
I live in Louisville but my mother was born in Muhlenburg
@@gregneal5322 My wife is from Crestwood, but I was raised in Greenville.
Rip to one of the best there ever was
Long time fan....back to 1975..and i to am older.....hello in there...lol..
Hello in there, ancient eyes !
My father loved Merle Travis I often thought Tom T. Hall wrote Paradise. Love this song cause it tells the story of days gone by and how things really change. Like the saying you can't go home. Late and Sentimental.
Dude has an endless voice, time hasn't touched it.
This is one of my first songs when I was a very young boy. It was John Denver’s version, but I could sing it word for word before kindergarten.
From one old man to another damn I miss you. Go with the love given.
John, I can't tell you how much this song means to me. My earliest memories are of my dad singing this song to me. Thanks so much.
beautiful....singing for a better world
Timeless classic living legend 🙏🏻
This man has faced numerous hardships and never seems to complain. Thank you John for what you have done. You have made us all take a good hard look at ourselves. Long may you live.
Michael Arvin forever a JP fan though the world is now darker.
It's 9 am I was watching old boxing matches when I put this song on. Out of nowhere I started crying like a bitch. Why? Not really sure. This struck a nostalgic nerve. Thanks John
If I had to pick only one singer to listen to for the rest of my life , it would be this man .
Thank you John from here in Muhlenberg county
Kelsey sounds great
Thank you John. You are an American Treasure
John prine, I miss him
Kelsey. My goodness do you have a beautiful voice.
Very lovely - Kelsey is a fantastic new artist. It will be great to hear more of her music. This song really holds up. Full disclosure, I got a bit salty eyed. Health and happiness to Mr. Prine.
You sound great together - can't get enough John Prine!
U helped me grow up John i sang your songs n mine 2 wooo my wife of 30 years all our love Brother Budgy Australia
John has a way of making me feel like I was there too. I love singing this song.
Beautiful, miss you John. 😢
The Sleepy eyed boy is THE MAN ! God bless you John !
What a great video
thank you
It is so good to see and hear John Prine again.
thank you for posting this ,John Prine's music was the best thing i discovered 40+ years ago ,,,helps me sleep at night when pills don't ,thanks Mr. Prine, I only seen you live once in Sydney ,Cape Breton ,Nova Scotia. I still have and listen too your Cassettes i bought in the 80"s ,be well
Hello in there. Thank you so much John...
God Bless, John...thank you.
I love this song that John Prine wrote & sang so beautifully
Wow this is great. Thank you John for the amazing music over the years, you the man
Just wonderful. Thank you for blessing us with your beautiful words and voices.
I still miss him.
Kelsey is an excellent singer
First heard this in a bar called "The farmers kitchen" here in south eastern Ireland, almost thirty years ago.
Still tugs at the old heart strings.
I love this. A unique style John has. No one like him.
Excellent duet! Timeless classic!
Dude this broke me. Well done Mr. Prine. Thank you Kelsey.
Awesome. John, you have brought much joy to me life over the years. Thank you sir. Much love your way.
Two treasures. One in the dawn and one in the dusk of their careers. Both simply amazing!
Awesome duet!
Ditto....true American Jewel !
I love these simple unproduced arrangements. I'm watching Ken Burns Country Music documentary and hope you John are included. You and Willie Nelson have written some of the best songs of my generation. Thank you!
Thanks
Fantastic.....Kelsey is a wonderful singer. Thanks for sharing. George in FL.
Prine,as smooth as ever;that lil’ mountain gal’s voice I love😉👌🏻...mountains of East Tennessee 😏
I met Kelsey in Seattle last weekend! Kentucky women are awesome!!
Very cool
John, you are the very best.
Bless ya’ll Bless ya’ll always...
Holy... that just blew my mind
Illegal Smile in 1971
1971@ CONVOCATION HALL TORONTO.And,, you may see me tonight with an illegal smile. I learned how to play 3 chord songs a guitar, with John Prine from that day on.
You go John, God bless ya. Inspiration to me, & I'm getting on.
The best!
love you John great music
So great to see John here on the other side of "local difficulties". So great also is the nourishment his music has given me over the years that I can easily forgive him ducking out of the recent Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK gig for which I had tickets (and for which I can't make the rearranged date, grrrr!). Seriously though John, it's fab to see you back playing again and, probably, doing the Ubangi Stomp.
Sweet
Thank you 2 for sharing
Good times
I want to see you live 1 more time
Oppie Taylor I did too!
So good! Keep hanging in there ol boy!
This is awsome!! Brings back the old time feeling sitting with family knee slapping to good tones! #RHECSHITSON #RHEC #creeksquad #hillbillyduke48
One of his best songs.
Never disappointing, thank you John and Kelsey.
Beautiful
Hey john seen you once at the lyric theatre in Stuart fl. it filled my heart & made my decade ... love you bro....
A living legend!
Awesome!
Hermoso. Cómo la música puede trasladarnos con los ojos cerrados a cualquier paisaje?
THANK YOU JOHN!
It is just a few hours after uploading and the viewership is 3439, attaboy, John!
🙏🙏🙏🥰
Thank you, I'm crying.
master poet LOVE LOVE LOVE
Just love you John! Your looking great!
Awsome. Love this Song
❤️
Fantastic!!!!
An American Treasure
Music can save US... but will it?
Be well John look forward to seeing you in Norway February
It I'll be a sad day next year. The TVA will shutter the Power plant at Paradise.
My Uncle was a coal miner in Greenville KY. His wife my Aunt is a school teacher there. When I was a kid my uncle's Shovel was the second one from the Western Kentucky Parkway.
It was 7 stories tall. You could only see the top of it.
I love you man!! ✌❤
John passed over to the other side today ......i can hear the angels calling him home
Imagine John and Tyler Childers together. Rumor has it John was born in flanel. God I love her voice- angel from Montgomery almost.
🎶🎵
Can somebody tell me please what kind of capo Mr. Prine is using there? It looks a little different.
Where is the love button?
Lovely! and, I hate to see the guitar on the sofa! some-one slips, it's dead!