Living in the Present with John Prine by Piazza, Tom

In 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 Oxford American. 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.

Author: Tom Piazza
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/09/2025
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.51w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9781324050858

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2025
BookPage 09/01/2025
Booklist 08/12/2025
Publishers Weekly 09/08/2025