GemsOnVHS | music documentaries! on Instagram: "John Prine & Iris DeMent - “In Spite of Ourselves” Today we’re looking back on a duet between two legendary figures of folk music. John Prine wrote this humorous track while recovering from radiation therapy and surgery on his throat. In a 2016 interview, he recounted requesting Iris Dement to join him on the track, “I kinda had her voice in mind when I was doing it because I know Iris can be a little sassy and she could tear this guy down… I told