By Chris Willman Music Writer Stephen Colbert did not have to bone up on John Prine to pay tribute to the late singer. As he explained on Wednesday night’s telecast of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” sharing Prine’s music was an early bonding experience between him and his wife-to-be, and he even studied and learned songs of his when he attended (probably alone, among leading TV talk hosts) folk music school.
Prine had appeared with Colbert a number of times and they’d even sung together, and in the singer’s absence now, the host had to turn to an even bigger superfan, Brandi Carlile, to give the late-great his proper late-night due.
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