Notes & Personnel Info |  | GREAT DAYS: THE JOHN PRINE ANTHOLOGY contains 41 tracks on 2 CDs spanning the years 1971-1991. Includes a 50-page booklet containing extensive liner notes, rare photographs, complete personnel listings, a discography and track annotations written by John Prine. | | Personnel includes: John Prine (vocals, guitar); Steve Cropper, John Burns, John Christopher, Reggie Young, Jim Rooney (guitar); Dave Prine (fiddle); Leo LeBlanc (pedal steel guitar); Bobby Wood (piano); David Briggs (piano, organ); Bobby Emmons, James Brown, Mike Utley (organ); Bobby Whitlock (electric piano); Sid Sims, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Mike Leach, Tom Piekarski (bass); Steve Burgh (bass, drums, guitar); Rachel Peer-Prine (bass, background vocals); Kenny Malone, Gene Chrisman, Tony Newman, Tom Radtke, Angie Varias (drums). | | Producers include: Steve Cropper, Steve Goodman, Knox Phillips, Jerry Phillips, Barry Beckett. | | Compilation producers: James Austin, John Prine, Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein. | | Remastered by Bill Inglot and Ken Perry. | | Recorded between 1971-1991. Includes liner notes by David Fricke. | | Personnel: John Prine (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Steve Goodman (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Dave Prine (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Bonnie Raitt (vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals); John Burns (vocals, electric guitar, background vocals); Liz Byrnes, Raun MacKinnon, Johnny Lee Schell, Bonnie Koloc (vocals, background vocals); Rachel Peer (vocals); Jim Rothermel (whistling, pennywhistle, recorder, soprano recorder, tenor recorder, clarinet, soprano saxophone); David Bromberg (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro); John Jorgenson (guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin); Howie Epstein (guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion); Jim Rooney (guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Reggie Young (guitar, electric guitar); Johnny Christopher (guitar); James Harrah (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Rick Vito (electric guitar, slide guitar); Steve Burgh (electric guitar, drums); Paul Cannon, Philip Donnelly, Steve Cropper (electric guitar); Leo LeBlanc, Steve Fishell, Jay Dee Maness (steel guitar); Grady Martin (dobro); Stuart Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Bob Hoban (fiddle, piano, organ, background vocals); Robert Hoban (fiddle, piano, background vocals); Howard Levy (harmonica, accordion, saxophone, organ); John Sebastian , Jerry Shook (harmonica); Phil Parlapiano (accordion); James Mitchell , Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson, Jack Hale, Lewis Collins (horns); David Briggs (piano, organ); Corky Siegel, Glen D. Hardin, Alan Hand, Barry Beckett, Larry Muhoberac, Bobby Wood, Bobby Woods (piano); Bobby Whitlock (electric piano, organ); Donnie Fritts, Kenny Ascher (electric piano); James K. Brown , James Brown, Mike Utley, Benmont Tench, Bobby Emmons (organ); Tom Radtke (drums, tambourine, percussion); Kenny Malone (drums, tambourine); Joe Romersa (drums, percussion); Angie Varias, Gene Chrisman, Kevin Wells, Peter Bunetta, Tony Newman, Steve Mosley (drums); Mailto Correa (congas); Bishop Heywood, Al Bunetta (percussion); Cissy Houston, Deidre Tuck, Gwen Edwards, Phyllis Duncan, Len Dressler, Helen Bernard, Diane Holmes, Don Shelton , Brooks Hunnicutt, Glenn Frey, Bob Bowker, Greg Prestopino, Rachel Peer-Prine, J.D. Souther, Deirdre Tuck Corley, Jackson Browne, Vicki Hubley, Tom Piekarske, Len Dresslar, Pat Coulter, Jennifer Warnes, Judy Clay, Kitty Haywood, Matthew Wilder, Beverly White, Bonnie Herman (background vocals). | | Audio Remasterers: Ken Perry; Bill Inglot. | | Liner Note Author: David Fricke. | | Photographer: John Prine. | | Unknown Contributor Roles: Tommy Cathey; Beverly White; Carl Marsh. | | Arranger: Carl Marsh. | | Spread across two enticing discs, the GREAT DAYS anthology makes it plain that living during a time when John Prine is releasing music makes for some great days indeed. The fact that Prine had to wait 20 years to receive a Grammy should not for a second obscure the fact that he has been making rewarding albums since his debut in 1971. He is but one of the many songwriters to labor under the "Next Bob Dylan" tag. In Prine's case, however, the remarkable consistency inherent in his writing supports such a claim, hyperbole notwithstanding. | | With deadpan delivery and economic wordplay as calling cards, Prine's songs reflect a startling lack of bitterness for a man whose career has seen many commercial ups and downs. Prine's body of work reflects a country heart filled with a rocker's sense of mischief. Whether it's the loneliness of aging ("Hello In There") or anti-cynicism itself ("That's the Way The World Goes 'Round"), GREAT DAYS reveals one of the nation's secret heroes in all his "aw shucks" glory. |
Musical Guests | | Bonnie Raitt | | Jackson Browne | | Steve Goodman | | Glenn Frey | | David Bromberg | | J. D. Souther | | John Sebastian | | Jennifer Warnes |
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