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Personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals on Orphan Girl); Daniel Lanois (mandolin, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, dulcimer on Orphan Girl, duet vocals on Where Will I Be? and May This Be Love, chant vocals on All My Tears, percussion on Wrecking Ball;, bass pedals on Sweet Old World); Malcolm Burn (piano, tambourine, vibes on Wrecking Ball;, organ on Back to Harlan, synthesizer on Back to Harlan, keyboards on Deeper Well, slide guitar on Sweet Old World, Waltz Across Texas Tonight, bassm deums, harmony vocal on Blackhawk); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, cymbal on Wrecking Ball;, hand drum on Orphan Girl); Tony Hall (percussion, bass, stick drum on Orphan Girl); Daryl Johnson (tom tom  and high harmony vocals on Where Will I Be?, drum kit bass pedals on Back to Harlan, backing vocals on Back to Harlan, harmonic bass on Deeper Well, harmony vocals on Orphan Girl); Brian Blade (drums on Where Will I Be?, Indian hand drum on Back to Harlan); Steve Earle (acoustic guitar on Goodbye, Every Grain of Sand, Sweet Old World); Sam O'Sullivan (roto wheel on Wrecking Ball); Neil Young (harmony vocals on Wrecking Ball, Sweet Old World; harmonica on Sweet Old World); Kufaru Mouton (extro percussion on Goin' Back to Harlan); Lucinda Williams (acoustic guitar on Sweet Old World(; Richard Bennett (tremolo guitar on Sweet Old World); Anna McGarrigle,  Kate McGarrigle (harmony vocals on Waltz Across Texas Tonight)

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