Track listing

1. "Dublin Blues" (Guy Clark) – 4:19
2. "Black Diamond Strings" (Clark) – 3:49
3. "Shut up and Talk to Me" (Clark, Susanna Clark, Keith Sykes) – 3:30
4. "Stuff That Works" (Clark, Rodney Crowell
   Rodney Crowell
   Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
   
   ) – 5:04
5. "Hank Williams Said It Best" (Clark) – 4:43
6. "The Cape" (Clark, Clark, Jim Janosky) – 3:40
7. "Baby Took a Limo to Memphis" (Clark) – 4:08
8. "Tryin' to Try" (Clark, Jimmie Fadden) – 3:11
9. "Hangin' Your Life on the Wall" (Clark, Verlon Thompson) – 3:30
10. "The Randall Knife" (Clark) – 5:31

Personnel

• Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
• Sam Bush
  Sam Bush
  Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
  
   – mandolin
• Travis Clark – bass
• Donivan Cowart – background vocals
• Rodney Crowell
  Rodney Crowell
  Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
  
   – guitar, background vocals
• Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an American folk singer and performer.-Life and career:Elliot Charles Adnopoz was born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents in 1931. Elliott grew up inspired by the rodeos at Madison Square Garden, and wanted to be a cowboy...
  
   – background vocals
• Nanci Griffith
  Nanci Griffith
  Nanci Griffith, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.-Biography:...
  
   – background vocals
• Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
  
   – background vocals
• Jelly Roll Johnson – harmonica
• Kenny Malone – drums, percussion, conga, tambourine, triangle, shaker, bell tree, Irish drum
• Kathy Mattea
  Kathy Mattea
  Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot...
  
  – background vocals
• Suzy Ragsdale – background vocals
• Darrell Scott – guitar, dobro, mandolin, penny whistle, slide guitar
• Verlon Thompson – guitar, harmonica, background vocals
• Jonathan Yudkin – violin

Production notes

• Miles Wilkinson – producer, engineer, mixing
• Carlos Grier – mastering
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Darrell Scott – mixing
• Bill Tyler – art direction, design
• Senor McGuire – photography