In Spite of Ourselves by John Prine with Iris DeMent.
Folks are wearing
on each other’s patience after weeks
of close confinement. My wife Kathy
and I were snapping at each
other like alligators in a feeding frenzy this morning over what
can best be described as the most trivial
irritations. Perhaps disharmony had seeped into your own ideal
relationships as well. Hopefully no one
has come to blows or is seeking a reliable contract killer who will
practice correct social distancing.
John Prine's In Spite of Ourselves album cover.
But even under
these trying circumstances the late,
great John Prine and Iris DeMent, an Arkansas born singer/songwriter, offer hope for overcoming the bullshit. In Spite of Ourselves was the title track of Prine’s 13th studio
album of released in 1999. The album was Prine's first release since successfully
battling throat cancer and featured duets with well-known female folk and alt-country vocalists including DeMent, Connie Smith, Lucinda
Williams, Trisha Yearwood, Melba Montgomery, Emmylou Harris, Dolores
Keane, Patty Loveless, and his
wife, Fiona Prine.
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| John Prine and Iris DeMent. |
Critic David Cantwell of No
Depression singled out In Spite
of Ourselves as the best duet on the album and wrote that the album “is a solid collection of country duets, and
if nothing else, it proves that Prine has great
taste in old country songs...
not to mention great taste in what used to be called “girl singers.”
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