This section includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. This guy was really nasally, he didn’t have any tone to his voice, and all his songs were in the same key! I thought, ‘This is gonna be like milking a dag-blasted dog!’” Composition As recounted in Eddie Huffman's biography John Prine: In Spite of Himself, percussionist Hayward Bishop later recalled, “There was no evidence of groove whatever, and I was hungry for groove. I went straight from playing by myself, still learning how to sing, to playing with Elvis Presley's rhythm section.' Initially, the musicians at American, accustomed to playing heavily rhythmic material and funky grooves, were thrown by Prine and his songs.

In the Great Days: The John Prine Anthology liner notes he admits, 'I was terrified. Produced by Arif Mardin, who had previously collaborated with the likes of Aretha Franklin and King Curtis, Prine found his new studio surroundings intimidating.

The song 'Paradise' was recorded at A&R Studios in New York (with Prine's brother Dave and good friend Steve Goodman as sidemen) but the remaining cuts were recorded at American Sound Studios in Memphis. Prine was offered a recording contract by Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records after the record executive saw the singer perform several of his own songs at a Kris Kristofferson show at the Bitter End. It was later ranked number 149 in a revised version of the list published in 2020. In 2012, the album was ranked number 452 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. John Prine is the debut album by American country/ folk singer-songwriter John Prine, issued by Atlantic Records in 1971.

American Sound Studio, Memphis, except 'Paradise,' recorded at A & R Studios, New York City

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