Credits

Buckwheat Zydeco: Accordion, Vocals
Ronnie Barron: Organ, Piano
Chaka Khan: Backing Vocals
Gloria Jones: Vocals
Flaco Jiménez: Accordion
Plas Johnson: Alto Saxophone
Red Callender: Bass
John Hiatt: Backing Vocals
Ry Cooder: Guitar, Bass, Accordion, Fiddle, Producer, Percussion, Keyboards, Mandola, Mandolin, Organ, Piano, Slack Key Guitar, Tiple, Vibraphone, Vocals, Adaptation, Arranger
David Lindley: Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Saz
Kazu Matsui: Shakuhachi
George McCurn: Vocals
Van Dyke Parks: Producer, Keyboards, Piano
Terry Evans: Vocals, Backing Vocals
David Mansfield: Violin, Cello
Allen Sides: Engineer
Dan Penn: Vocals
Arnold McCuller: Backing Vocals
Jim Dickinson: Bass, Producer, Dolceola, Organ, Piano, Vocals
Gayle Levant: Harp
Rudy Hill: Engineer
Osamu Kitajima: Biwa, Koto
Benny Powell: Trombone
Craig Porteils: Engineer
Dan Bosworth: Engineer
Jim Keltner: Drums, Percussion
Sheryl Farber: Editorial Supervisor
James Austin: Executive Producer
Tim Drummond: Bass
Ed Thrasher: Photography
William Smith: Organ, Piano, Vocals
Bernie Grundman: Remastering
Bobby Hata: Assistant
Don Smith: Engineer
David Bither: Project Assistant
Fred Jackson, Jr.: Tenor Saxophone
George Bohanon: Baritone Horn, Horn Arrangement, Trombone, Arranger
Jerry Masters: Engineer
Mike Ross: Engineer
Oscar Brashear: Cornet
Rail Jon Rogut: Engineer
Bobby "Blanco" King: Backing Vocals
Eric Rudd: Engineer
John Fry: Engineer
Mike Elizondo: Bass
Ed Cherney: Engineer
Jimmy Adams: Backing Vocals
Joachim Cooder: Drums, Compilation Producer, Timbales
Lee Herschberg: Engineer
Mark Ettel: Assistant, Engineer
Mark Linnet: Engineer
Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson: Project Assistant
Nick DeCaro: String Arrangement, Arranger
Roger Hawkins: Drums
Alan Messer: Photography
Bob Kovachs: Engineer
Chris Ethridge: Bass
Clark Germain: Engineer
Jim Lowe: Engineer
Judy Clapp: Engineer
Martin Pradler: Engineer
Mika Hashimoto: Photography
Mike Salisbury: Photography
Milt Holland: Drums, Percussion
Pete Martinez: Assistant
Russ Titelman: Bass, Producer, Vocals
Tommy McClure: Bass
Tony Chiappa: Engineer
Lenny Waronker: Producer
Cliff Givens: Backing Vocals
Douglas Botnick: Engineer
Gene Mumford: Vocals
Paul Rayner Brown: Assistant
Ramon Galbert: Product Manager
Jorge Calderon: Bass
Susan Titelman: Photography
Juliette Commagere: Vocals
John Duke: Bass
Miguel Cruz: Percussion
Willie Green, Jr.: Backing Vocals
Loyd Clifft: Assistant, Engineer
Larry Hirsch: Engineer
Jesús Guzmán: Arranger
Greg Prestopino: Backing Vocals
Richard Rosebrough: Engineer
Al Quattrocchi: Art Direction
Bill Bryson: Bass
Frank Bez: Photography
Tom Sauber: Fiddle
Kirby Johnson: Orchestration
Herman "P Nut" Johnson: Backing Vocals
John Neal: Assistant
Baboo Pierre: Percussion
Jesse Harms: Synthesizer
Marc-Andre Savoie: Accordion
Stuart Gitlin: Assistant
Pico Payne: Backing Vocals
Colin Nairne: Project Assistant
Zach Cowie: Project Assistant
Karl Russell: Vocals
Walter Cook: Vocals
Curt Bouterse: Flute, Dulcimer, Tin Flute
Steve Woolard: Discographical Annotation
Dan Brescoll: Project Assistant
Dave Ahlert: Engineer
Marty Evans: Photography
Avital Ferd: Project Assistant
Okhi Kim: Assistant
Jon Leroy: Project Assistant
Michael Ondaatje: Liner Notes
Carter Tomassi: Photography
Jeff Smith: Art Direction
Bill Johnson: Vocals, Backing Vocals
Richard Jones: Vocals