Nashville Studio Engineer Gena Johnson Talks Groundbreaking ACM Nomination

When the late John Prine received a pair of Grammy Awards on March 14, his widow/manager, Fiona Whelan Prine, made a point of including Gena Johnson in an acceptance speech during the pre-telecast.
Johnson was a key member of his crew, serving as the recording engineer for the last vocal session of Prine’s life, when he sang that double-Grammy winner, “I Remember Everything,” in his living room on May 8, 2019.
Now, with the Grammys in the rear view mirror, Johnson has