Living in the Present with John Prine

Appreciating John Remember when Covid started its roar? Things started shutting down around mid-March 2020. I remember cancelling Saint Patrick’s Day with the kids, amidst alarming reports from across the globe. Then Covid was given a face when Tom Hanks caught it. Then, after a few days, we heard th......more

I just loved this book. John Prine is one of those artists who, when someone says his name, you find yourself smiling. I saw him in an airport about 10 years ago and that’s exactly what I did. I left him alone to his privacy, but now I regret that. He was a unique talent who managed to say things in......more

My thanks to NetGalley and W. W. Norton & Company for an advance copy of this book about a growing friendship with a legendary singer songwriter, memories shared between the two of the past and of the future, and how it was all cut short. John Prine was a man who preferred to let his songs to the tal......more

John Prine was an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has been around since the early 1970s. I've been a fan of John Prine for over 40 years. I've seen him many times in concert and was happy I attended his last concert here in Toronto (The Tree of Forgiveness tour). I think his death during......more

In 1974, one of my music guides, John Donovan, came to visit. He brought his wife, Mary. We went to the Philadelphia Folk Festival. There were several people he especially wanted to see, three of whom were unknown to me. That was when John Prime entered my life. And later, The Skoolkil Express start......more