- Tom Waits (vocal, piano, guitar)
- Da Willie Gonga (keyboards)
- Rick Lawson (drums)
- Roland Bautista (guitar)
- Byron Miller (bass)
- Frank Vicari (tenor sax)
- Jim Hughart (bass)
- Chip White (drums)
- Bobbye Hall (congas)
- Ray Crawford (guitar)
- Harold Battiste (guitar)
- Alvin 'Shine' Robbinson (guitar)
- Scott Edwards (bass)
- Earl Palmer (drums)
- Herbert Hardesty (tenor sax)
- Bob Alcivar (orchestra arranged & conducted)