By Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway Critic Stephen Colbert offered another tribute to the great John Prine last night, this time by inviting Dave Matthews to perform the late songwriter’s “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness.” A solo Matthews performed the 1986 song remotely.
The night before, CBS’s Late Show host delivered an emotional remembrance of Prine, both as a longtime fan and more recent friend.
He recalled when his then-girlfriend, now-wife introduced him to Prine’s song “Paradise,” saying, “loved that song and I loved her for showing it to me.” On that night’s episode, Brandi Carlile performed Prine’s classic “Hello in There.” Prine died Wednesday of COVID-19.
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