Honoring John Prine

Legendary folk singer-songwriter,John Prine, passed away on April 7 at the age of 73. The boy from Maywood, Illinois was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and received the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. Roger Ebert wrote an article about him after seeing him perform and interviewing him at a Chicago folk club in 1970. 

Listen to some of John Prine's moving music, including "Angel from Montgomery" and "Sam Stone"on Hoopla.