In Spite Of Ourselves Song

In spite of ourselves was the only song prine wrote for the album.

In spite of ourselves song. The son of william prine and verna hamm his grandfather had played guitar with merle travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. In spite of ourselves we ll end up a sittin on a rainbow against all odds honey we re the big door prize we re gonna spite our noses right off of our faces there won t be nothin but big old hearts dancin in our eyes in spite of ourselves we ll end up a sittin on a rainbow against all odds honey we re the big door prize. In spite of ourselves is the 13th studio album of john prine featuring duets with various well known female folk and alt country vocalists released in 1999. The female duet partners include iris dement connie smith lucinda williams trisha yearwood melba montgomery emmylou harris dolores keane patty.

John prine born october 10 1946 in maywood illinois died april 7 2020 in nashville tennessee was an american country folk singer songwriter who has achieved widespread critical and some commercial success since the early 1970s. She don t like her eggs all runny she thinks crossin her legs is funny she looks down her nose at money she gets it on like the easter bunny she s my baby i. In spite of ourselves lyrics. The rest were covers.

John prine and iris dement singing in spite of ourselves off of john s 1999 album in spite of ourselves connect with john. This was the first song prine recorded after developing cancer in 1998 which required surgery on his neck.