Recorded on December 2001 - January 2002: Presto!, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Conor Oberst - guitar, piano, rhodes, organ, voice (1-13)
Mike Mogis - banjos, bells, hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin, electric guitar, dobro, pedal steel (2-9, 11-13)
Matt Focht, Clint Schnase, Mike Sweeney - drums
Todd Baechle, Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Choir - vocal harmonies
Andy LeMaster - electric guitar, keyboards, vocal harmonies (2-4, 6-8, 11)
Clark Baechle - drums, clarinet
Clay Leverett - drums, vocal harmonies
Jiha Lee - flute, vocal harmonies (3, 6, 8, 9)
Chris Brooks - piano (9)
Gretta Cohn - cello (3, 5, 7, 12)
Sean Cole - harmonica (9, 13)
Julee Dunekacke - French horn (3)
Margaret Fish - bassoon (3, 13)
Orenda Fink - trumpet, vocal harmonies (2, 3, 7, 11, 13)
Jason Flatowicz - trombone (3, 13)
Tiffany Kowalski - violin (3, 5, 7, 12)
Matt Maginn - bass (2, 4, 7, 9)
Casey Scott - bass (3, 8, 9, 12, 13)
Katie Muth - oboe (3, 6, 8, 12)
Ted Stevens - electric guitar (9)
Maria Taylor - piano, organ, vocal harmonies (2-4, 8, 12, 13) |
