that "electric guitar player" is Jason Wilber. he has
been playing w/Prine for years. first time he played
for JP, Wilber was seventeen.
when he opens for Prine, Jason Wilber plays acoustic,
a sweet Larrivee Parlor guitar in fact -- that liitle
box has more balls than Prine's all maple Gibson Jumbo
Hummingbird...of course the Larrivee is more than likely
a Spruce/Hog combo(but that is pure assumption on my part.)
Prine has had some great opener's this tour; including
Levon Helm.
the show i saw about 6 weeks ago had a Spanish Pipedream
opener, a wrenching, mid-set, Sam Stone -- JP alone on
stage, a riotous; In Spite of Ourselves, Crazy as a Loon,
Souvenirs...
if you are a JP fan and the opportunity comes
to see him in person, do yourself the very kind
musical favor and gogogopher.
PS: Steve Earl has recently released an album
of all Townes Van Zandt's music, and Jeffrey Foucault
has released an album of all JP's music. both
highly worth listening too.
