Angel from Montgomery, Hello In There, Illegal Smile… John Prine was a songwriter’s songwriter, someone who expressed complex emotions through simple, truthful words. In October of 2022, a remarkable array of artists came together at Prine’s favourite venue, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, to pay tribute to the late, great man through song and story. They include Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Bonnie Raitt, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Isbell, Kurt Vile, Lyle Lovett, Allison Russell & JT Nero, Valerie June, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tyler Childers, The War and Treaty, The Milk Carton Kids, Swamp Dogg, I’m With Her and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir.
Michael John Warren
Brandi Carlisle, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Bonnie Raitt, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Isbell
USA
2025
English
Book Tickets
Sunday December 07
Tuesday December 09
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
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Credits
Executive Producer
Jon Kamen, Meredith Bennett, Jack Prine, Jody Whelan,Eileen Tilson, Robert Meitus
Producer
Fiona Whelan Prine, Dave Sirulnick, Samantha Mustari
Editor
Spencer Averick
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