Produced by Nanci Griffith and Tony Brown;
Associate producer Buzz Stone;
Recorded live at Anderson Fair, Houston, Texas, on 19-20 August 1988;
Recorded by Phillip Barrett, The Omega Audio and Production, Inc., 48 track remote facility, Dallas, Texas;
Assistant engineers: Steve Lowney, Andy Vastola;
Tour and stage manager: Bo Bres;
Mixed by Bob Bullock at Sound Stage Studio;
Second Engineers: Marty Williams, Mark J. Coddington;
Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics using the JVC Digital Audio Mastering System;
Digital editing by Milan Bogdan;
Photography by Peter Nash,
Art direction by Simon Levy;
Design by Virginia Team / Jerry Joyner

Musicians

Nanci Griffith: acoustic guitar, vocals;
James Hooker: keyboards;
Denny Bixby: bass;
Denice Franke, Doug Hudson: harmony vocals;
Eric Taylor, James Hooker, Denny Bixby: additional harmony vocals [11]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Once in a Very Blue Moon (2.16)
2. Looking for the Time (Workin’ Girl) (2.37)
3. Deadwood, South Dakota (4.59)
4. More Than a Whisper (3.39)
5. I Would Bring You Ireland (3.07)
6. Roseville Fair (3.00)

Side 2

7. Workin’ in Corners (3.46)
8. Trouble in the Fields (2.52)
9. The Wing and the Wheel (2.15)
10. From a Distance (4.14)
11. Love at the Five and Dime (4.44)
12. Spin on a Red Brick Floor (2.39)

All tracks by Nanci Griffith except
Track 1 Gene Levine, Patrick Alger;
Track 3 Eric Taylor;
Track 4 Bobby Nelson, Nanci Griffith;
Track 6 Bill Staines;
Track 8 Nanci Griffith, Rick West;
Track 10 Julie Gold

Produced by Jim Rooney;
Assistant producer: Nanci Griffith;
Recorded by Mark Miller at Jack’s Tracks Recording Studio, Sound Emporium. Nashville, TN,
Assistant engineer: Richard Aspinwall, additional recording engineer: Gary Laney;
Recorded by Brian Masterson at Windmill Lane Studio, Rings End Road, Dublin. Ireland,
Assistant engineer: Willie Mannian;
Recorded by Micajah Ryan at ‘Bob’s Place’ Los Angeles, CA;
Road management: Pal Mclnerney;
Mixed by Mark Miller at Jack’s Tracks, Nashville;
Mastered by Denny Purcell at Georgetown Mastering, Nashville;
Digital ediding: Carlos Grier;
All photographs by David Gahr except: Vince Bell by Kathy Hargrave, Janis Ian by Carl Sludna, Michael Burton contributed by Michael Burton, Bob Dylan by Auckland Star, Townes Van Zandt by Steve Salmieri;
Makeup and hair design by Rhonda Mitchell;
Art direction by Robin Lynch, Frances Ullenberg;
Design by Frances Ullenberg, Darren Crawforth

Musicians

Nanci Griffith: lead vocals, harmony vocals [2-3, 6, 9, 14], acoustic guitar [1, 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13], acoustic lead guitar [9, 14-15];
Lee Satterfield: acoustic guitar [1-2], harmony vocals [1, 11];
Emmylou Harris: harmony vocals [1], low harmony vocals [15];
Pete Kennedy: acoustic lead guitar [1-2, 8, 10-11], acoustic guitar [3, 6, 12, 14], cathedral bell harmonic guitar [4], diamonds on acoustic guitar [7], electric guitar [11, 13];
Fran Breen: drums [1-2, 4-8, 10-12, 14], percussion [1, 4-5, 7, 13-14];
Pat McInerey: percussion [1-15], drums [9], dinner bell [14];
James Hooker: piano [1-3, 8, 10-13], keyboards [4, 6-7], B-3 organ [11], barrel house piano [14], harmony vocals [2], vocals [17];
Stuart Duncan: mandolin [1-2, 11, 13], violin [1, 3, 14];
Frank Christian: acoustic lead guitar [2, 4-5], acoustic guitar [3, 13];
Alison Krauss: violin [2];
Andrea Zonn: viola [2];
John Catchings: cello [2, 16];
Edgar Meyer: double bass [2];
Arlo Guthrie: duet and harmony vocals [3];
Bob Dylan: harmonica [5];
John Prine: lonesome harmony vocals [6], vocals [17];
Phillip Donnelly: acoustic guitar [6, 8], electric guitar [6-7, 10], acoustic lead guitar [7], high string acoustic parlour guitar [8], acoustic high string guitar [10];
Pete Cummins: Irishman’s duet and harmony vocals [7];
Carolyn Hester: duet harmony vocals [8];
Guy Clark: acoustic guitar and vocals [9];
Pat Flynn: acoustic lead guitar [9, 12];
Roy Huskey, Jr.: upright bass [9, 17], vocals [17];
Bela Fleck: banjo [10];
Iris DeMent: harmony vocals and high lonesome tag [12], high harmony vocals [15];
Don Edwards: camp cookie’s yodel extraordinaire [14];
Chet Atkins: acoustic guitar [15], classical guitar [16], Delvecchio lead guitar [16];
Leo Kottke: acoustic 12-string guitar [17];
John Hartford: banjo, tap dance and vocals [17];
Mary-Ann Kennedy: percussion and vocals [17];
Odetta, The Indigo Girls (Amy Ray & Emily Saliers), Pam Rose, Holly & Barry Tashian, John Gurka, Dave Mallett, Marlin Griffith, Jim Rooney: vocals [17]

Tracks

1. Across the Great Divide [Kate Wolf] (3.57)
2. Woman of the Phoenix [Vince Bell] (2.42)
3. Tecumseh Valley [Townes Van Zandt] (4.30)
4. Three Flights Up [Frank Christian] (3.32)
5. Boots of Spanish Leather [Bob Dylan] (5.17)
6. Speed of the Sound of Loneliness [John Prine] (4.20)
7. From Clare to Here [Ralph McTell] (5.11)
8. Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound [Tom Paxton] (3.16)
9. Do Re Mi [Woody Guthrie] (2.53)
10. This Old Town [Janis Ian, Jon Vezner] (3.00)
11. Comin’ Down in the Rain [Buddy Mondlock] (3.45)
12. Ten Degrees and Getting Colder [Gordon Lightfoot] (2.40)
13. Morning Song for Sally [Jerry Jeff Walker] (4.56)
14. Night Rider’s Lament [Michael Burton] (3.57)
15. Are You Tired of Me Darling [G.P. Cook, Ralph Roland] (3.12)
16. Turn Around [Allen Green, Harry Belafonte, Malvia Reynolds] (3.19)
17. Wimoweh [trad. South African] (1.47)

Produced by Jim Rooney and Nanci Griffith except
Track 17 produced by Jim Rooney, Nanci Griffith and Don Gehman;
Tracks 4, 15-16 recorded at Jack’s Tracks Studio, Nashville, TN, 29 May 1996;
Tracks 17 recorded at Woodland Studio, Nashville, 17 May 1996;
Tracks 18 recorded at Jack’s Tracks Studio, Nashville, 28 August 1996;
Tracks 1-2, 11 recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland;
Tracks 10, 19 recorded at Back Pocket Studio, New York, NY, 4-5 October 1996;
Tracks 3, 5-9, 12-14 recorded at Jack’s Tracks Studio, Nashville, 29 October-1 November 1996;
Additional recording at Scream Studios / Studio City, CA, November 1996;
Liner notes by Jim Rooney and Nanci Griffith;
Cover photography by Ty Allison;
Art direction and design by Team Design

Musicians

Nanci Griffith: vocals [3, 6, 8-10, 12], lead vocals [2, 4, 12], harmony vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7, 11-13], guitar [2];
Iain Matthews: lead vocals [1], harmony vocals [2, 10], acoustic guitar [2];
Tom Russell: bass vocals [1], harmony vocals [3], vocals [9, 12];
James Hooker: piano [1-2, 5-12], keyboard [3], Wurlitzer piano [4], Hammond B-3 [7], synthesiser [13], background vocals [11], harmony vocals [12];
Doug Lancio: electric guitar [1-4, 6-7, 12], acoustic guitar [5, 13], acoustic resonator guitar [7, 9], gut-string guitar [8], electric resonator guitar [10-11], vocals [12], harmony vocals [10, 12], background vocals [11];
Ron de la Vega: bass [1-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12], upright bass [7, 13], cello [11], vocals [12], background vocals [11];
Pat McInerney: drums [1-3, 5-13], percussion [3, 7-8, 12], background vocals [11];
Brian Willoughby: acoustic guitar [1-2];
Clive Gregson: electric guitar [1], harmony vocals [1];
Sharon Shannon: button accordion [1, 11];
Dolores Keane: harmony vocals [2, 11];
Mary Custy: fiddle [2, 11];
Nollaig Casey: fiddle [2, 11];
Pete Kennedy: 12-string guitar [3, 12], vocals [12], harmony vocals [12];
Andrew Hardin: tiple [3], acoustic guitar [5, 9], vocals [12];
Richard Thompson: electric guitar [3, 6];
Maura Kennedy: harmony vocals [3];
Susan Cowsill: vocals [12], harmony vocals [3, 13];
Sonny Curtis: duet vocals [4], acoustic guitar [4];
John B. Mauldin: upright bass [4];
J.J. Allison: drums [4];
Ian Tyson: vocals [5];
Bonnie Hearne: harmony vocals [5];
Bill Hearne: harmony vocals [5], acoustic guitar [12];
Fats Kaplin: fiddle [5], pedal steel guitar [9], button accordion [13];
Peter Holsapple: mandolin [5];
Guy Clark: vocals [6], acoustic guitar [6];
Jerry Jeff Walker: vocals [6], acoustic guitar [6];
Steve Earle: vocals [6, 13], harmony vocals [13];
Rodney Crowell: vocals [6];
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: vocals [6];
Eric Taylor: vocals [6, 12], harmony vocals [8, 10], lead duet vocals [10];
Lucinda Williams: vocals [7, 13], acoustic guitar [7, 13];
Lee Satterfield: mandolin [7, 13], harmony vocals [7, 13], vocals [12];
Frank Christian: acoustic guitar [7-8, 13], acoustic lead guitar [10], vocals [12], lead vocals [12], harmony vocals [10, 12];
Lyle Lovett: harmony vocals [8];
Christian Teal: violin [8];
Kristin Wilkinson: viola [8];
John Cachings: cello [8];
Ron de la Vega: cello [8];
Carolyn Hester: harmony vocals [9], lead vocals [12];
Bela Fleck: banjo [9];
Dave Van Ronk: lead duet vocals [10], acoustic guitar [10];
Nina Gerber: acoustic guitar [10-11];
Jean Ritchie: harmony vocals [10];
Lucy Kaplansky: harmony vocals [10-11];
Rosalie Sorrels: harmony vocals [10];
Julie Gold: harmony vocals [10];
Odetta: vocals [13], lead vocals [12], harmony vocals [10, 13];
Eric Von Schmidt: harmony vocals [10];
Caitlin Von Schmidt: harmony vocals [10];
Phillip Donnelly: acoustic guitar [11], background vocals [11];
Jim Rogner: background vocals [11];
John Mock: penny whistle [11];
Tom Rush: vocals [12], lead vocals [12], acoustic slide guitar [12];
Jim Williamson: trumpet [12];
Emmylou Harris: lead vocals [12];
Maura Kennedy: vocals [12];
Yvonne Richards: vocals [12];
Pam Rose: vocals [12];
Mary Ann Kennedy: vocals [12];
Jamie Hartford: vocals [12];
Ray Kennedy: vocals [12];
Tom Littlefield: vocals [12];
Marlin ‘Griff’ Griffith: vocals [12];
Dave Olney: vocals [12];
Shawn Camp: vocals [12];
Tish Hinojosa: vocals [13], acoustic guitar [13], Spanish translation [third verse of 13];
John Stewart: vocals [13], harmony vocals [13];

Tracks

1. Wall of Death [Richard Thompson] (3.09)
2. Who Knows Where the Time Goes [Sandy Denny] (5.34)
3. You Were on My Mind [Sylvia Fricker] (2.46)
4. Walk Right Back [Sonny Curtis] (2.33)
5. Canadian Whiskey [Tom Russell] (2.59)
6. Desperados Waiting for a Train [Guy Clark] (4.16)
7. Wings of a Dove [Bob Ferguson] (2.51)
8. Dress of Laces [John Grimaudo, Saylor White] (4.55)
9. Summer Wages [Ian Tyson] (4.02)
10. He Was a Friend of Mine [trad. arr. Dave Van Ronk, Eric Von Schmidt] (3.11)
11. Hard Times Come Again No More [Stephen Collins Foster] (5.43)
12. Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm (Roud 18851) [trad. arr. Tom Rush, Eric Von Schmidt] (5.01)
13. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) [Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman] (5.21)
14. Yarrington Town [Mickie Merkens] (4.23)
15. I Still Miss Someone [Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.] (3.38)
16. Try the Love [Pat McLaughlin] (3.45)
17. The Streets of Baltimore [Harlan Howard, Tompall Glaser] (2.35)
18. Darcy Farrow [Tom Campbell, Steve Gillette] (2.33)
19. If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) [Pete Seeger, Lee Hayes] (2.48)