KURT VILE ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely’ CD/EP *feat. JOHN PRINE

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.Kurt Vile and John Prine were natural collaborators.  Prine was such a remarkable and idiosyncratic songwriter that his lyrics often overshadowed his innovative guitar playing, which involves a two- instead of three-finger picking style. Vile is such an ingenious guitarist that his playing often overshadows his equally imaginative songwriting. In recent years they’ve shared stages together in Philadelphia and Nashville (including the Grand Ole Opry), and earlier last year, just months before Prine’s death, they even recorded a song together. 

The song they recorded during their joint session, a cover of Prine’s “How Lucky,” off 1979’s Pink Cadillac, anchors Vile’s new EP, which serves as a loose tribute to his hero. There’s also a solo cover of the 1986 tune “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness,” which Vile covered with Prine on Prine’s final tour, and Prine’s spirit lingers in the two new originals. But speed, sound, lonely (kv) is also an ode to the city of Nashville and to the spirit of collaboration that still thrives in the city after so many revolutions within the music industry. In addition to Matt Sweeney and Dan Auerbach, his backing band was stocked with some of the finest musicians in the city, representing generations of country artists.