PAT BYRNE—Lead vocals and acoustic guitar on “Notes from a Friend”
MARK EPSTEIN—Upright bass on “Notes from a Friend”
MATT GILES—Miscellaneous percussion on “Notes from a Friend”
JON GREENE—Drums on “Notes from a Friend”
NOËLLE HAMPTON—Harmonica on “Cold Front” and “Down the Road”
KATE HOWARD—Lead vocals on all tracks except “Notes from a Friend”; background vocals on “Do Not Touch”, “Good Luck, Southern Style”, “My Kind of Chap”, “Piñata Girl”, "Dealer Takes All", "Mind the Gap", "The Perils of Shopping (The Dollar Tree Song)", and "Notes from a Friend".
BEN JONES—Acoustic guitar on all tracks except “Notes from a Friend”
SCRAPPY JUD NEWCOMB—Baritone electric guitar on “Do Not Touch”, “Piñata Girl”, “Cold Front”, “Down the Road”, and “Dealer Takes All”; Mandolin on “Good Luck, Southern Style”, “My Kind of Chap”, “Mind the Gap”, and “The Perils of Shopping (The Dollar Tree Song)”;
background vocals on “Piñata Girl”
JEFF PLANKENHORN—Mandolin on “Do Not Touch” and “Cold Front”; Weissenborn on “Good Luck, Southern Style”, “My Kind of Chap”, “Piñata Girl”, “Down the Road”, “Dealer Takes All”, “Mind the Gap”, “The Perils of Shopping (The Dollar Tree Song)”, and “Notes from a Friend”; background vocals on “Piñata Girl”
STEVE SCHWELLING—Drums on all tracks except “Notes from a Friend”
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