Living in the Present with John Prine

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One of Billboard’s “Ten Essential Music Books That Make Great Gifts”

A vivid, joyful, moving window onto the life and heart of an American icon.

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.

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From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 9, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1324050853
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1324050858
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 0.8 x 8.6 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #36,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #59 in Composer & Musician Biographies #494 in Memoirs (Books) #2,749 in Humor & Entertainment (Books)
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