Living in the Present with John Prine ppbk

"Living in the Present With John Prine" is a deeply intimate, moving, superbly written account of the last two years of a great artist's life. It covers a narrow window of time in John's life, but a huge expanse of feeling and memory. I loved being with John and Tom Piazza, sitting in the back seat of that cherry red Coupe de Ville as they careened across a Florida bridge, or curled up in a dark corner of Sperry's restaurant in Nashville, telling stories. Artists exist and resonate outside linear time, and I really did not want this book to end." -- Rosanne Cash

"For all of us who love and dearly miss John Prine, what a gift it is to be able to be with him again, both through his own words and in Tom Piazza's wonderful recounting of their adventures forging their deep, late-life friendship. Tom is such an insightful, eloquent writer and many thanks to him for giving us another round with our dear friend." -- Bonnie Raitt

Tom Piazza's books include the nonfiction bestseller Why New Orleans Matters and the novels The Auburn Conference and A Free State. He is a four-time winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Music Writing. He lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.