• Amy Ray – lead & backing vocals; acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars;
mandolin;
piano (7, 10);
bouzouki • Emily Saliers – lead & backing vocals, acoustic & electric guitars,
dulcimer (12),
banjo (1, 2),
Dobro (4), piano (7, 10),
harmonium,
hurdy-gurdy Additional musicians •
Sara Lee –
bass (except 7, 11), string arrangements (5), Hammond B-3 organ and whistle (12) •
Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion (1, 2, 4, 5, 9 11), harmonium (9), Taos drum (1) •
Steve Earle – backing vocals & harmonica (1) •
Dallas Austin, Jama Carter, Quentin Bush (all 2), Michelle Malone (8) – backing vocals • Carmen Caballero,
Pura Fé Crescioni and Jennifer Kreisberg (Ulali) – additional vocals (3, 7, 11) •
Josh Freese,
Chris Verene – drums (3, 6) •
Kenny Greenberg – guitars (5, 10) • Michael Lorant – backing vocals (6), piano (10) •
Andy Stochansky – drums (8, 10), percussion (5, 8),
dumbek and talking drum (11) •
Lisa Germano – mandolin (9), violin (9, 11) • Sheila Doyle, Michael Lorant, Candy Jiosne – piano (10) • Dave Richards – acoustic bass (11) • David & Ellie Arenz, Jun-Ching Lin, Willard Shull, Sou-Chun Su – violin • Paul Murphy, Heidi Nitchie – viola • Kristin Wilkinson – conductor • Micky Raphael – harmonica (11)
Smoke (track 12) • Benjamin: words, friend • William W Taft: coronet, humor • Timothy P Campion: drums, rake • Coleman T Lewis: electric guitar, hick sounds • Brian F Halloran: cello, rescue
Technical personnel • Produced By David Leonard & Indigo Girls • Engineers: Caram Costanzo, Marc Frigo, David Leonard • Assistant Engineers: Alex Lowe, Ryan Williams • Mixing: David Leonard • Mastering: Bob Ludwig ==References==