FIONA WHELAN PRINE posts TRIBUTE TO NANCI GRIFFITH

 

This from Fiona, John Prine's beloved widow:

"It was never a secret that John loved to sing with women. He marveled at how the best and beautiful voices in music agreed to sing with him and especially at how good they made him sound.

Nanci Griffith had one of those best and beautiful voices. She was maybe his first real duet partner on stage. I rode the tour bus in the early 1990s with them and it was a golden time.

She and John had a real affection for each other; both enjoyed their Major cigarettes from Ireland; they had the same sense of goofy humor; and he regarded her as a kindred spirit because they both saw and wrote about the experiences of everyday men and women of the heartland.

This is a sad day for our music community, and for Nashville.

It gives me comfort to know that John had reached out to Nanci in January 2020. He missed her. He tried to persuade her that there were young women who needed her  - her experience,  friendship, humor and the gift of her singular craft. She was amazed to hear him say those things and said she’d think about it. They spoke one more time before John passed in April.

Rest In peace and music, sweet Nanci, and if you see that old duet partner please hug him from all of us"

Fiona's Facebook page 

Mini concert Austin City Limts

 Nanci 'Tecumseh Valley' Live on Letterman in '89

It's A Hard Life (Wherever You Go)

Voodoo Wagon has this still active:

Nanci Griffith - Victoria Palace Theatre London 1988 - Voodoo Wagon

Big O posted a couple of old ROIOs this morning here:

check them out I can't be bothered to post links g iven the level of abuse there but there's plenty more if you ask them nicely. 

Failing that go out and buy all her work you won't regret it!