Portrait of John Prine in a black suit

John Prine

Inducted on October 10, 2022, alongside Patsy Cline, Dr. Paul Kwami, and Ed Hardy.

Highlights

Awards & Recognitions

  • Inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame by Brenda Lee, singer and Music City Walk of Fame Inductee
  • Four-time GRAMMY winner out of four Grammy Awards out of 13 nominations, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Since his debut in 1971, Prine has released over 18 albums

Hit Songs

  • Angel from Montgomery (1971)
  • Sam Stone (1971)
  • Please Don't Bury Me (1973)
  • That's the Way the World Goes 'Round (1978)
  • Lake Marie (1995)
Fiona Prine kneels over her late husband's star
Fiona Prine kneels over her late husband's star.

Regarded as one of the English language's premier phrase-turners, John Prine is a four-time GRAMMY winner, a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, a seven-time Americana Music Award-winner, a PEN New England Lyrics Award recipient and member of both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Since his debut in 1971, Prine released over 18 albums and has had his songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown Band, and many others, while drawing effusive praise from Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, Roger Waters, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and more, who knew him as a smiling, shuffling force for good.

Brenda Lee joins Fiona Prine at John Prine's induction ceremony
Brenda Lee joins Fiona Prine at John Prine's induction ceremony.