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• Billy Bob Thornton – vocals; drums on "Your Blue Shadow"
• Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin; bass on "Your Blue Shadow"
• Brad Davis – guitar
• Steve Armold – bass
• Barry Beckett – organ
• Jim Cox – piano
• Gregg Stocki – drums, percussion
• Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Davis, Dennis Locorriere, Marty Stuart – backing vocals

with:

• Randy Scruggs – guitar, bass, co-production on "Angelina"
• Holly Lander – vocals on "Starlight Lounge"
• Larry Paxton – bass on "Starlight Lounge"
• Hank Singer – fiddle on "Lost Highway"
• Don Helms – pedal steel on "Lost Highway"

A review at All Music stated, "Still, this is a pretty good record all the same, better than most Americana records of the late '90s, thanks in no small part to a terrific stretch of songs mid-record ("Walk of Shame," the rollicking "Smoking in Bed," "Your Blue Shadow," and "That Mountain"), and a good cover of Hank Williams' "Lost Highway.""^[1] PopMatters assessed the album in a similar manner: ". Is it country? Is it pop? Is it blues? Clearly drawing his influences from all of these genres, Billy Bob Thornton has made a record that makes us think a little bit about the differences that make the world interesting. Appropriately, “Lost Highway” (a song Hank Williams made famous) is the record’s last track. It’s time for the storyteller to leave the Starlight Lounge and hit the road again, in search of new people and experiences for new songs."^[2]