Very few celebrity deaths have effected me as much as that of John Prine, who passed away after contracting Covid-19 early on in the pandemic. Prine is one of the greatest songwriters America has produced, and his catalogue is full of wryly funny, semi-tragic, sideways looks at life that endeared him to discerning listeners for decades. “Hello in There”, “Sam Stone”, “Angel From Montgomery” and “Far From Me” are just a few of his many legendary songs. In 2018, the writer Tom Piazza approached Prine […]