 Most of the tracks were produced by Arif Mardin , with the exception of the two Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys covers , " Stay All Night ( Stay a Little Longer ) " and " Bubbles in My Beer , " which were produced by Mardin and Jerry Wexler . The album also included Johnny Bush 's " Whiskey River " . During the recording , there were rumors that there would be appearances by George Jones , Leon Russell , and Kris Kristofferson that ultimately did not happen . Waylon Jennings joined the backing band playing guitar , and provided backing vocals for " Stay All Night ( Stay a Little Longer ) " , along with Jessi Colter and Doug Sahm . Parts of the album were recorded in the <unk> studios in Nashville , as well as in the Sam Phillips Recording studio in Memphis . 
