Personnel: Jason Boland (vocals, guitar); Lloyd Maines (acoustic guitar, tacoma guitar, papoose); Grant Tracy (banjo, bass, background vocals); Roger Ray (dobro, pedal steel, guitar); Richard Bowden (mandolin, fiddle); Bukka Allen (accordion); Riley Osbourne (Hammond B3 organ); Brad Rice (drums); Terri Hendrix (background vocals); John "Mambo" Treanor (rubboard).
Jason Boland & The Stragglers: Jason Boland (vocals, guitars); Roger Ray (baritone, guitars, pedal steel guitar, dobro); Grant Tracy (banjo, bass instrument, background vocals); Brad Rice (drums).
Additional personnel: Lloyd Maines (guitar); Richard Bowden (mandolin, fiddle); Benny Craig (harmonica); Bukka Allen (accordion); Riley Osbourne (Hammond b-3 organ); John Treanor (rub-board); Fred Remmert (tambourine); Terri Hendrix (background vocals).
This Oklahoma band's debut album was overseen by the famed Texas country producer Lloyd Maines, father of the Dixie Chicks' member Natalie, who gives this collection of barroom ballads his trademark naturalistic sheen. Highlights include the drinking song "Drinkin' Song," the sensitive, regretful "Backslider Blues," and the chugging road song "If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma."