Back in 2018, I had the privilege to help put a mural of John Prine in Downtown Raleigh.  

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The mural was supposed to only stay for a few months as the building was planned for a renovation. After it was finished, we were told "John just loves it! Wants to see if we can convince them to not renovate the building! It’s better than we could have imagined"

He wanted it to stay and so did we, but we were told there was no way it would stay longer than 6 months.  

A year and a half later, the building is still in the same condition and John is still playing his guitar on side of this East Martin Street wall.

It was fate that it stayed this long. It's always meant a lot to me, because it meant so much to John.

Stacy and I planned to see John recently at his @DPAC show, but plans changed and we gave away the tickets.

RIP John and thanks for all the tunes. I'm glad Raleigh was a part of your journey.