- Tom Waits (vocal, synthesizer, freedom bell)
- Anthony Clark Stewart (bag pipes)
- Clark Spangler (synthesizer program)
- Victor Feldman (organ, synaredrum, bells, bracke drum, bell plate, snare, bass marimba, bass boo bams, african talking drum, debuki drum, tambourine)
- Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges (parade drum, cymbals, drums, parade bass drum, glass harmonica)
- Larry Taylor (bass)
- Bill Reichenback (trombone)
- Randy Aldcroft (baritone horn)
- Dick (Slyde) Hyde (trombone)
- Greg Cohen (bass)
- Fred Tackett (guitar, banjo)
- Joe Romano (trombone, trumpet)
- Francis Thumm (metal aunglongs, glass harmonica)
- Richard Gibbs (glass harmonica)
- Eric Bikales (organ)
- Carlos Guitarlos (guitar)