Side one

1. "Rita Ballou" – 2:49
2. "L.A. Freeway" – 4:43
3. "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – 3:27
4. "A Nickel for the Fiddler" – 2:45
5. "That Old Time Feeling" – 4:10

Side two

1. "Texas - 1947" – 3:10
2. "Desperados Waiting for the Train" – 4:31
3. "Like a Coat from the Cold" – 3:18
4. "Instant Coffee Blues" – 3:15
5. "Let Him Roll" – 4:05

Personnel

• Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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• Mike Leach – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Jerry Kroon – drums
  Drum kit
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• Larrie Londin
  Larrie Londin
  Ralph Gallant, better known by his stage name Larrie Londin , was an American drummer and session musician. Londin played with a wide range of artists including Journey and Steve Perry....
  
   – drums
• Chip Young – guitar
• Pat Carter – guitar
• Steve Gibson – guitar
• Jerry Carrigan
  Jerry Carrigan
  Jerry Carrigan is an American drummer and record producer born 13 September 1943 in Florence, Alabama. He first achieved widespread recognition by being part of the first wave of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and later as a session musician in Nashville, Tennessee for over 3 decades...
  
   – drums
• Dick Feller
  Dick Feller
  Richard Dean "Dick" Feller is an American country musician and songwriter.-Biography:Feller was born on January 2, 1943 in Bronaugh, Missouri. On his twelfth birthday, Feller got his first guitar from his grandfather that was bought at a garage sale. Although it only had one string, young Feller...
  
   – guitar
• Jim Colvard – guitar
• Reggie Young
  Reggie Young
  Reggie Young was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studios Band , and is a leading session musician. He played on various recordings with artists such as Elvis Presley, B.J. Thomas, John Prine, Dusty Springfield, J.J...
  
   – guitar
• Hal Rugg – dobro
  Dobro
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• Jack Hicks – dobro
• Hal Rugg – pedal steel guitar
  Pedal steel guitar
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• David Briggs
  David Briggs (American musician)
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   – piano
  Piano
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  , background vocals
• Chuck Cochran – piano
• Shane Keister
  Shane Keister
  Shane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight, Fender Rhodes, and others.-History:...
  
   – piano
• Lea Jane Berinati – piano
• Johnny Gimble
  Johnny Gimble
  John Paul Gimble , better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history....
  
   – fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Mickey Raphael
  Mickey Raphael
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   – harmonic
  Harmonic
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• Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals, piano
• Rodney Crowell
  Rodney Crowell
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   – background vocals
• Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris
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   – background vocals
• Pat Carter – background vocals
• Gary B. White – background vocals
• Florence Warner – background vocals
• Steve Earle
  Steve Earle
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   – background vocals
• Sammi Smith
  Sammi Smith
  Sammi Smith was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born Jewel Faye Smith, she is best known for her 1971 country/pop crossover hit, "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which was written by Kris Kristofferson...
  
  – background vocals

Production notes

• Neil Wilburn – producer, remixing
• Paul Brookside – liner notes
• Ray Butts – engineer
• Pat Carter – associate producer
• Susanna Clark – paintings
• Gary Hobish – reissue mastering
• Nathaniel Russell – reissue art director and design
• Filippo Salvadori – reissue producer

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