Pink Cadillac by John Prine
Liner Notes:
For maximum listening pleasure play it loud.
this is a Non-Dolby Recording.
John Prine
Rhythm, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Lead Vocals
Tom Piekarski
Bass
Howard Levy
Keyboards, Harmonica, Saxophone
Angie Varias
Drums
This album was recorded from January through May of 1979 in Memphis,
Tennessee. What we tried to achieve here is recording of a five piece
band with a vocalist playing and singing good honest music. We
played and sang and recorded five nights a week for two and a half
months and ended up with 500 hours of tape. Our only criteria for what
we wanted on this album was that (1) it didn't bore Knox Phillips, who
is a highly opinionated , basically fair and hones person.. (2) it made
Jerry Phillips' leg shake; Jerry is an ex-professional, most perfectly
formed midget wrestler and has a very honest and opinionated leg. (3)
that I would hear something on tape that made me feel half as good as I
do when I play the music in the first place. With these three factors of
our recording criteria condensed into this one album of 10 songs, Knox,
Jerry and myself looked the record in the eye and recognized it as the
old friend we always though we would meet. We then played the
record for Mr. Sam Phillips, who early on in the proceedings produced an
evening of our non-stop playing, which provided us with a continuous
spiritual direction throughout the recording. Mr. Phillips, upon
hearing the condensed recording told Knox and Jerry and I that what we
had here was basically good and honest and that I had met the song and
the song had met me.
~John Prine
P.S. Once again John Prine thanks Jack Clement for the summer of '77.
Additional Musicians:
Jerry Phillips
Rhythm Acoustic Guitar on Ubangi Stomp, Cold War, Down By The Side Of
The Road
Leo LeBlanc
Pedal Steel Guitar on "Ubangi Stomp, Cold War, Down By The Side
Of The Road
Billy Lee Riley
Rhythm Acoustic Guitar, Vocal on No Name Girl
Phyllis Duncan, Helen Bernard, Beverly White
Vocals on Killing The Blues, Down By The Side Of The Road
Unidentified westbound driver on Automobile May 18, 1979
Produced By Knox Phillips and Jerry Phillips for Southern
Rooster Productions
Saigon and How Lucky Produced by Sam Phillips
Recorded by Richard Rosebrough at Sam Phillips Recording Studio,
Memphis Tennessee
Mixed and edited by Knox Phillips, Jerry Phillips, Richard Rosebrough,
and sometimes Prine
Mastered by Larry Nix at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee and
Terry Dunavan, Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles California
John Prine's services provided by First Avenue Prod.
THANKS!
Alan Gendler for running at my pace
John Burns for prodding and inspiration
Allen Reynolds for the advice
Becky Phillips for the banana cream pies and her two sons
The people of Memphis for their hospitality.
The cop who gave me a warning ticket.
Lenny Berman
Mike Ladd
Emory Smith
Stephanie Skjold-Kuhlenschmidt
THANKS AGAIN AL!
Special Thanks to Mark Leviton, Bonnie {Pritchard, Dave Tedds,
Micky Kapp, Howard Thompson, Gary Casson, and Don Bachrach
A Very Special thanks to Hale Milgram and Ellen Citron (and a tip of
the Oh Boy hat) - J.P. & A.B.
Digital Editing and Mastering: Robert Vosgien, CMS Digital
Production Coordinators: Dawn Bunetta, Dan Einstein
Compact Disc Graphics: Unicorn
Produced under license from Elektra/Asylum Records |