Kurt Vile Makes A Country Record : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN : NPR
John Prine, "Sam Stone" Kurt Vile, "How Lucky" Kurt Vile had a plan nearly five years in the making. He wanted to make a record in Nashville — not an indie rock record, a country one — influenced by the music he admired. At the heart of it, he hoped to have beloved icon John Prine join him for a duet. Prine knew Vile had recorded one of his songs, but when it came time to getting his musical hero into the studio to record, well ... that's a story best left for Vile to tell. Let's just say it was more spur of the moment than you might expect after a five-year journey.
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