GLEASON'S PRINE TOME DIGS DEEP

Multiple Grammy winner John Prine’s legacy runs deep. In addition to gracing his own rapturously reviewed albums, his superb songs have been recorded by the likes of Bonnie Raitt, George Strait, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Loretta Lynn, Miranda Lambert, Carly Simon and Johnny Cash. Arriving on 9/13 via Chicago Review Press, PRINE ON PRINE: Interviews & Encounters, by HITS Nashville editor and longtime Prine friend Holly Gleason, offers insight into the man's music, life and times. You can pre-order your copy here.

To celebrate the release, Gleason will be joined 9/13 for a conversation with three-time Grammy winner Steve Earle at the Strand bookstore in New York.

In PRINE ON PRINE, Gleason curates a compendium of media moments, including discussions with the artist himself and works by such notable scribes as Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert, Cameron Crowe, Robert Hilburn, Robert Christgau and Dave Hoekstra to document the phases of Prine’s career.

“Whether it’s Robert Hilburn seeing John in the limbo of life without a major label, Dave Hoekstra celebrating the Earl of Old Town’s anniversary, as well as Steve Goodman and the Chicago folk scene that birthed both men or Chris Willman delving into women’s reproductive autonomy for a charity single of ‘Unwed Fathers’ with Margo Price, Prine’s aim was true,” Gleason explains. “He was fun and funny, but mostly he wanted to see people treat each other with kindness and respect. He was all for everybody, but he had a strong sense of values and decency, and that stayed consistent throughout his career.”

“I'm so grateful that Holly has put together this fantastic collection of the best interviews and articles about our beloved John Prine spanning the whole six decades of his extraordinary career," reads an effusive blurb from Bonnie Raitt. "For all of us who love and miss him so, this book is truly a treasured gift."