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Thursday, May 20, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
IT’S HOOTENANNY TIME
ENTERPRISE — The ninth annual Hootenanny & Shoo-fl y Pie Social will be virtual this year — streamed live Sunday, May 23,
beginning at 4 p.m. on the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance website, www.wvmusicalliance.org. While the format has changed, the event
will raise funds for the Music Alliance — and, never fear, there will be live music, and there will be pie!
MUSIC
PIE
The Wallowa Valley Music Alliance has rounded up all-star cast of Wallowa County musicians to
present the virtual showcase of songs around this year’s theme: Remembering John Prine.
Performers at Sunday’s event include Bart Budwig and Jen
Borst, Janis Carper, Margo Cilker, Alyssa Werst-Daggett and
Dave Staigle, Ted Hays, Carolyn Lochert, Ghost Wind, Heidi
Muller and Bob Webb, Brian Oliver, Nick Porter, John Raines,
Mike Straw and June Colony, Rich and Trilby Shirley, and
Laura Skovlin.
The sweet detail that has always made the
Hootenanny extra enticing? Pie, of course. This
year, since the event will not be held in person,
choice homemade pies will be auctioned off
online during the music. The event’s announce-
ment promises “delicious and mouth-watering
pie goodness from past Shoo-fl y Pie contest win-
ners and other master bakers.”
REMEMBERING JOHN PRINE
1946 - 2020
In 1970, John Prine was playing at the
Chicago folk club The Fifth Peg when the
young journalist Roger Ebert dropped in
for a set. At the time, Prine was a 23-year-
old mailman who had been singing his
original songs every Thursday night for
about two months. Ebert wrote a glowing
review for the Chicago Sun- Times, essen-
tially launching Prine’s music career.
Kris Kristofferson became one of his
earliest advocates. Their friendship lasted
decades and they toured together exten-
sively over the years. In turn, Prine invited
a new generation of songwriters to open
his concerts.
Prine’s songs have been recorded by
iconic singers, including Johnny Cash
(“Sam Stone”), Bette Midler (“Hello in
There”) and Bonnie Raitt (“Angel from
Montgomery”).
Prine won his fi rst Grammy for the
1991 album “The Missing Years,” and he
joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of
Fame in 2003. The Grammy Hall of Fame
inducted his 1971 self-titled debut album
in 2014.
Two years later he accepted the PEN
New England’s Song Lyrics of Literary
Excellence Award. At the age of 70, in
2017 he was named Artist of the Year by
the Americana Music Association.
One of the most infl uential songwrit-
ers of his generation, Prine was known
for humorous lyrics about love, life and
current events, as well as serious songs
with social commentary and songs that
recollect melancholy tales from his life.
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In 2020, he received the
Grammy Lifetime Achieve-
ment Award.
Prine died April 7, 2020,
of complications caused by
COVID-19 at the age of 73.
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