• Maria Muldaur - vocals •
Clarence White - acoustic guitar ("My Tennessee Home" and "The Work Song") •
Bill Keith - banjo ("Work Song" and "Vaudeville Man"), steel guitar ("Long Hard Climb" and "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song") •
Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar ("Any Old Time") •
David Lindley - Hawaiian guitar ("Any Old Time") •
Andrew Gold - acoustic guitar ("Vaudeville Man") •
David Nichtern - acoustic ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song", "My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song", "Walkin' One and Only" and "Midnight at the Oasis" & electric guitar ("Long Hard Climb"), producer ("Mad Mad Me") •
David Grisman - mandolin ("My Tennessee Home") •
Dr. John - keyboards ("Vaudeville Man', "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Three Dollar Bill"), horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Three Dollar Bill") •
Jim Dickinson - piano ("Any Old Time") • Mark T. Jordan - piano ("The Work Song" and "Midnight at the Oasis") •
Spooner Oldham - piano ("Long Hard Climb" and "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song") • Greg Prestopino - piano ("Mad Mad Me"), background vocals ("The Work Song" and "My Tennessee Home"), voices ("Midnight at the Oasis") • James Gordon - organ ("Three Dollar Bill"), clarinet ("Vaudeville Man") •
Chris Ethridge - bass guitar ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song", "My Tennessee Home" and "The Work Song") •
Klaus Voormann - bass guitar ("Vaudeville Man" and "Don't You Feel My Leg") •
Ray Brown - bass guitar ("Walkin' One and Only") •
Dave Holland - bowed bass ("Mad Mad Me") • Jimmy Calhoun - bass guitar ("Three Dollar Bill") • Tommy McClure - bass guitar ("Any Old Time") •
Freebo - bass guitar ("Midnight at the Oasis") •
Amos Garrett - bass guitar, guitar, vocals, guitar solo ("Midnight at the Oasis") •
Jim Keltner - drums (all but 4 tracks) •
Ed Shaughnessy - drums ("Walkin' One and Only") • John Boudreaux - drums ("Three Dollar Bill") •
Jim Gordon - drums ("Midnight at the Oasis") •
Chris Parker - drums ("Mad Mad Me") •
Jerry Jumonville - alto horn, horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg", "Three Dollar Bill") •
Artie Butler - alto horn, horn arrangements ("The Work Song") • Nick DeCaro - accordion ("I Never Did Sing You a Love Song"), string arrangements ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" and "Midnight at the Oasis") • Richard Greene - violin ("My Tennessee Home" and "Walkin' One and Only") • Larry Packer - violin, viola ("Mad Mad Me") •
Karen Alexander - background vocals ("The Work Song") •
Gloria Jones - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill") • Ellen Kearney - background vocals ("My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song") •
Bettye LaVette - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill") • Jessica Smith - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill") • Beryl Marriott - violin == References ==