We got a great start in February of that year, the results of which are in Living in the Present With John Prine, but the project was brought to an abrupt and painful halt with John’s death, from Covid, in April of that year. John was turned on to old-time country and folk music by his elder brother Dave, who was gracious enough to spend a couple hours with me in his home in the Prines’ hometown of Maywood, Illinois, where John grew up; The results of that conversation are in the second-to-last chapter of Living in the Present With John Prine. Tom Piazza is the author of eleven books of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels A Free State and City of Refuge, the Michener Award-winning story collection Blues and Trouble, and the essay collection Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America.
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Published at: 2025-09-10 22:32:49
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