Nathan Salsburg plays guitar on all songs and sings on "Coll Mackensie" and "To Welcome The Travelers Home"
With Glen Dentinger: singing; James Elkington: dobro; Rayna Gellert: fiddle, viola; and Rachel Grimes: piano, singing
Engineered by James Elkington at Nada Studio, Chicago, April 2013
With additional recordings by Bruce Bartlett (Weatherville, N.C.), Zak Riles (Louisville & Locust, KY.) and Andrija Tokic (Nashville)
Mixed and mastered by Blaise Barton
with JE and NS at Joyride, Chicago, Chiacgo, June 2013
All songs written by Nathan Salsburg
copyright 2013 Root Hog or Die (BMI)
with the exception of "Coll Mackensiem"
written by and used courtesy of Archie Fisher
copyright 2013 Bawbee Music (PRS)
Lyrics to "To Welcome The Travelers Home" are adapted from "Rosin the Beau" (writer unknown, c. 1830) and "Sawyer's Exit" (attributed to Rev. S.B. Sawyer, c. 1844). Arranged by NS. "Paraffin & Turpentine" contains an attempted recreation of a Gary Davis theme. "What Can't Be Won" is in part for Red Gay and Jack Wellman.
Illustrations by Kevin Earl Taylor
Photo by Elizabeth Hartsig
Design by Mark Ohe
Impossible without the assistance of Jim Elkington and influence of Dana Fadel.
Many thanks. May it please the wise.
----------
Tuning of the guitar for each track shown on insert:
A1: DADABE, A2: CGDGAD, A3: EAEGCE, A4: DADF#AD, A5: CGDGAD
B1: DADEAD, B2: EAEGCE, B3: DADGBE, B4: DADABD