I saw Steve Goodman perform this live at the Cellar Door in DC not too long after he and John Prine wrote. One of the best shows I ever saw at that venue and they had some really good shows.
John Prine is someone Dylan recognized early on as a great songwriter. I don’t know that he has anything anyone would consider in the running for greatest song ever, but he has a heckuva lot of really good songs. It is amazing to me he wrote Hello In There as a very young man. It shows incredible insight into the human condition.