• Nanci Griffith – lead vocal (except 17), guitar, harmony vocals (throughout) • Pete Kennedy – lead acoustic guitar (throughout) •
Stuart Duncan – mandolin, violin (throughout) • Pat McInerney – percussion (throughout) • Fran Breen – drums, percussion (throughout) •
Chet Atkins – guitar (15, 16) • John Catchings – cello (2, 16) •
Frank Christian – guitar (2–5, 13) •
Guy Clark – guitar, vocals (9) •
Pete Cummins – harmony vocals, guitar (7) •
Iris DeMent – vocals, harmony vocals, guitar (12, 15) •
Philip Donnelly – guitar (6–8, 10) •
Bob Dylan – harmonica (5) •
Béla Fleck – banjo (10) • Pat Flynn – guitar (9, 12) •
Arlo Guthrie – harmony vocals, guitar (3) •
Emmylou Harris – harmony vocals, guitar (1, 15) •
John Hartford – banjo, vocals (17) •
Carolyn Hester – harmony vocals (8) •
James Hooker – harmony vocal, organ, piano, keyboards •
Roy M. "Junior" Husky – bass (9, 17) • Lee Satterfield – guitar, harmony vocals (2, 11) •
Mary Ann Kennedy – percussion, vocals (17) •
Leo Kottke – guitar (17) •
Alison Krauss – violin (2) •
Edgar Meyer – bass (2) •
Odetta – lead vocal (17) • David Mallett,
John Gorka, Marlin Griffith,
Amy Ray,
Emily Saliers, Pamela Rose, Holly Tashian, Barry Tashian,
Jim Rooney – vocals (17) • Don Edwards – yodeling (14) •
John Prine – vocals, harmony vocals (6, 17) • Andrea Zonn – viola (2) ==References==