The Missing Years

Amazon.com John Prine was a battle-scarred veteran of the '70s "new Dylan" club and a superb craftsman whose modest commercial success found him without a major label deal in the '80s. Prine's solution was to move to Nashville and roll his own, setting up the tiny Oh Boy imprint and making records he wanted to hear, a survival game that paid off handsomely with this 1991 set, produced by Heartbreaker bassist Howie Epstein and boasting cameos from Phil Everly, Divinyls' Christina Amphlett, Tom Petty, old pal Bonnie Raitt, and another "new Dylan" alum, Bruce Springsteen. But it's Prine himself who holds your attention here, with his reliably fine songs mixing droll, dead-on narratives of recognizable Everymen, sweetly goofy parables, and unvarnished love songs that his craggy drawl inhabits with touching authority. --Sam Sutherland Product description Personnel: John Prine (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Howie Epstein (acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, background vocals); Mike Campbell (electric guitar, bass); Jay Dee Manness (pedal steel guitar); Steve Fishell (dobro); Phil Parlapiano (mandolin, accordion, harmonium); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Benmont Tench (piano, organ, harmonium, bass); John Ciambotti, Bob Glaub (bass); Joe Romersa (drums, percussion); Richard Hardwick, Al Bunetta (percussion); Christina Amphlett, Liz Byrnes (background vocals). Recorded at Huh Sound Theater, Los Angeles, California and The Money Pit, Nashville, Tennessee. Personnel: John Prine (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); John Jorgenson (acoustic guitar, dobro, mandolin, bassoon, saxophone); David Lindley (acoustic guitar, bouzouki, harp, fiddle); Howie Epstein (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Albert Lee (electric guitar, mandolin, piano); Mike Campbell (electric guitar); Steve Fishell (dobro); Phil Parlapiano (mandolin, accordion, harmonium); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Benmont Tench (piano, harmonium, organ); Christina Amphlett, Liz Byrnes, Phil Everly, Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Ed Seay; Joe Chiccarelli. Recording information: Huh Sound Theater, Los Angeles, CA; Money Pit; Nashville, TN. Unknown Contributor Roles: David Lindley; D. Romersa; Lefty Frizzell; Benmont Tench. Folk singer and songwriter extrordinaire John Prine had to wait 20 years before the music industry acknowledged him with the coveted Grammy. The golden prize was awarded for THE MISSING YEARS and it's a just reward, although any number of his prior records could have been named Best Folk Album. Which is not to say that THE MISSING YEARS is not a tour-de-force. Quite simply, it is Prine's most rewarding post-'70s release. With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Howie Epstein at the producer's helm and a host of notable guests (Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Phil Everly), Prine unveils a winn
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