John Prine to have cancer surgery.November 22, 2013|Greg Kot John Prine says he has lung cancer and will have an operation next month. Doctors “see no reason why I won’t fully recover,” the singer-songwriter said on his web site. Prine, who grew up in suburban Maywood and rose to fame on the Chicago folk circuit in the ‘70s with such songs as “Sam Stone” and “Hello in There,” will postpone two concerts in Louisville next month until 2014 to have the surgery. “I’ve been diagnosed with non-small cell carcinoma of the lung,” he said. “Doctors here in Nashville have caught it early, and it is op