When Cincinnati-based, alt-country singer Arlo McKinley prepared to play at the Hi-Watt in Nashville on a winter night last year, he didn’t know that John Prine was in attendance. He knew that Prine’s stepson, Jody, and wife, Fiona had come to the show, but didn’t find out that Prine himself was there until minutes before he was set to go on stage. “I look over, and it’s John Prine!” McKinley says. “And he shakes my hand, says, ‘I’m looking forward to seeing you play.’ And this is as I’m walking up to the green room to grab the band to go on stage. I went back and told the band, as we’re literally walking out on stage, ‘By the way, just met John Prine, and he said he’s excited to see us play.’” Prine specifically praised McKinley’s ...
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