{"title":"John Prine Books","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrine wrote plainspoken songs that hit like a gut punch. This shelf collects the biography and songbook material on one of Americana's most quietly devastating writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso see \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-prine-vinyl-cds-books\"\u003eJohn Prine Vinyl, CDs \u0026amp; Books\u003c\/a\u003e, or browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books\"\u003eMusic Books\u003c\/a\u003e library.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"living-in-the-present-with-john-prine-hardcover","title":"Living in the Present with John Prine - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Piazza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFiona Whelan Prine\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2018, Tom Piazza climbed into a 1977 Coupe de Ville with the great singer-songwriter John Prine to write an article for the \u003cem\u003eOxford American\u003c\/em\u003e. Their Florida road trip ignited a deep friendship, full of tall tales over epic meals, long nights playing guitar and trading songs, and visits back and forth between their homes in Nashville and New Orleans. Along the way, Prine invited Piazza to work with him on a memoir, with John telling sprawling, often hilarious stories of his youth and family in Chicago and Kentucky, his breakthrough into the national spotlight, his riotous early years in the Nashville country scene, and much more. When Prine died suddenly of COVID in April 2020, that unfinished memoir evolved into an intimate and very personal narrative of the artist's final years. In it, Piazza offers fans an unforgettable portrait of the beloved musician in his late glory--as a boyish cut-up, an epic raconteur, a great American poet, and, most important, a beloved friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.35 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606828359835,"sku":"9781324050858","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Living-in-the-Present-with-John-Prine-Hardcover.webp?v=1790079680"},{"product_id":"prine-on-prine-interviews-and-encounters-with-john-prine-volume-20-paperback","title":"Prine on Prine: Interviews and Encounters with John Prine Volume 20 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHolly Gleason\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAs close to an autobiography as we're going to get from John Prine, \u003ci\u003ePrine on Prine\u003c\/i\u003e captures the inimitable, whimsical voice of one of our greatest songwriters . . .\u003c\/b\u003e Nashville legend Holly Gleason knew the man and assembled this brilliant collection with a knowing eye and loving heart.\" --\u003cb\u003eJoel Selvin\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip\u003c\/i\u003e and other books \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurated by a critic who knew him across five decades, \u003ci\u003ePrine on Prine\u003c\/i\u003e distills the essence of an iconic American songwriter: unguarded, unfiltered and real. In his own words, in his own time--on the road, in the kitchen, the Library of Congress, radio shows, movie scripts, and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Prine hated giving interviews, but he said much when he talked. Embarrassed by fame, delighted by the smallest things, the first songwriter to read at the Library of Congress, and winner of the Pen Award for Literary Excellence, Prine saw the world unlike anyone else. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The songs from 1971's \u003ci\u003eJohn Prine\u003c\/i\u003e remain spot-on takes of the human condition today, and his writing only got richer, funnier, and more incisive. The interviews in \u003ci\u003ePrine on Prine\u003c\/i\u003e trace his career evolution, his singular mind, his enduring awareness of social issues, and his acute love of life, from Studs Terkel's radio interviews from the early '70s to Mike Leonard's \u003ci\u003eToday Show\u003c\/i\u003e packages from the '80s, Cameron Crowe's early encounter to Ronni Lundy's \u003ci\u003eShuck Beans, Stack Cake\u003c\/i\u003e cookbook, and \u003ci\u003eHot Rod\u003c\/i\u003e magazine to \u003ci\u003eNo Depression\u003c\/i\u003e's cover story, through today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor Holly Gleason enjoyed a longstanding relationship with Prine and his longtime co-manager, and she often traveled with him on tours in the late 1980s and represented him in the 2000s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolly Gleason\u003c\/b\u003e is a music critic, academic, and artist development consultant. Gleason enjoyed a longstanding relationship with Prine and his longtime co-manager. She often traveled with him on tours in the late 1980s and represented him in the 2000s. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, New York Times, Miami Herald, Musician, CREEM, Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand NPR Music. The 2019 Country Music Association Media Achievement Award recipient and a SOURCE Hall of Fame inductee, she created and contributed to \u003ci\u003eWoman Walk The Line: How the Women of Country Music Changed Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, the 2018 Belmont Book Award winner. She is also the coauthor of Miranda Lambert's \u003ci\u003eY'all Eat Yet? \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.98 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606886129819,"sku":"9781641606301","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Prine-on-Prine-Interviews-and-Encounters-with-John-Prine-Volume-20-Paperback.webp?v=1790079981"},{"product_id":"john-prine-in-spite-of-himself-paperback","title":"John Prine: In Spite of Himself - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEddie Huffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a range that spans the lyrical, heartfelt songs \"Angel from Montgomery,\" \"Sam Stone,\" and \"Paradise\" to the classic country music parody \"You Never Even Called Me by My Name,\" John Prine is a songwriter's songwriter. Across five decades, Prine has created critically acclaimed albums--\u003ci\u003eJohn Prine\u003c\/i\u003e (one of \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time), \u003ci\u003eBruised Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Missing Year\u003c\/i\u003es--and earned many honors, including two Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting from the Americana Music Association, and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. His songs have been covered by scores of artists, from Johnny Cash and Miranda Lambert to Bette Midler and 10,000 Maniacs, and have influenced everyone from Roger McGuinn to Kacey Musgraves. Hailed in his early years as the \"new Dylan,\" Prine still counts Bob Dylan among his most enthusiastic fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJohn Prine\u003c\/i\u003e, Eddie Huffman traces the long arc of Prine's musical career, beginning with his early, seemingly effortless successes, which led paradoxically not to stardom but to a rich and varied career writing songs that other people have made famous. He recounts the stories, many of them humorous, behind Prine's best-known songs and discusses all of Prine's albums as he explores the brilliant records and the ill-advised side trips, the underappreciated gems and the hard-earned comebacks that led Prine to found his own successful record label, Oh Boy Records. 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