By Chris Willman Music Writer Like many John Prine fans and friends, Brandi Carlile couldn’t sleep in the wee hours Wednesday morning.
She put that insomnia to better use than most by picking up an acoustic guitar and singing a tender rendition of “Summer’s End,” the moving ballad that was a highlight of Prine’s final album, “The Tree of Forgiveness.” “I’m gonna miss singin’ this one with you John so tonight I’ll sing it to you,” Carlile wrote in a caption for her Instagram posting of the video. “I know you didn’t make it home in the way we all wanted but you made it home.
Put in a good word for us. All my love to Fiona.” She signed it, “xoyoursingingpartner.” The bare hint of a low-burning fire flashes on Carlile’s face, and the sound
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