John Prine IntroductionBy Mick Leonardi

John Prine is revered by artists like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Roger Waters as one of their favorite songwriters and asource of inspiration. He has influenced a countless number of songwriters worldwide yet still flys under the radar of popularculture.

In this artist study we'll cover the fundamental techniques Prine uses in most of his songwriting. Prine's gear is straight-foward, just a good sounding acoustic steel string and a thumb pick if you're comfortable with one.

John Prine likes to use a capo. In this tutorial we'll be teaching most chords in the open position for simplicity. But with a capoyou can apply each technique learned up and down the fretboard and in different keys.

Let's get started!

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