Listen now to ‘I Remember Everything,’ the last song recorded by John Prine
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Listeners of late songwriter John Prine can now hear the last song he recorded.
Called “I Remember Everything,” Prine’s label Oh Boy Records debuted the track Thursday following “Picture Show,” a virtual tribute to the Nashville singer who died in April from COVID-19 complications.
Dave Cobb, who worked on Prine’s final album, “The Tree of Forgiveness,” produced “I Remember Everything.” Listen to the song in the player above.
The reflective, acoustic number is baked with Prine’s tender wit. He sings:
“I remember everything/ Things I can’t forget/ The way you turned and smiled on me/ On the night that we first met/ And I remember every night/ Your ocean eyes of blue/ How I miss you in the morning light/ Like roses miss the dew.”
Prine died April 7 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was 73.
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The two-hour “Picture Show,” featuring performances from Kacey Musgraves, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Eric Church and more, debuted Thursday on Prine’s YouTube channel. Produced by Prine’s family and Oh Boy Records, the program raised at least $200,000 for charities combating those impacted by COVID-19.
Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert and “60 Minutes” journalist John Dickerson were among the friends and family who toasted Prine during the show.
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“It’s hard to talk about John being gone because his music is so present,” Dickerson said. “You feel like you know him, or more to the point, he knows you. … It’s the chills you get on your arm when you hear him on a summer day. The time-travel you feel when a song takes you back to the night you wore the grooves out on his record.”
Viewers can stream “Picture Show” via YouTube until Sunday.
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