tracks 4 backing vocals Kinnie Starr tracks 10 backing vocals Oh Susanna tracks 4 backing vocals, percussion, keyboards Barry Mirochnick tracks 10 bass Ford Pier bass, steel guitar Martin Walton cello Peggy Lee tracks 3 drums Ford Pier drums, tambourine Barry Mirochnick euphonium Eric Napier tracks 5, 6 guitar Alex Varty tracks 3 guitar Barry Mirochnick guitar [tenor], piano, organ, vocals, accordion, banjo Veda Hille guitar, organ, french horn, synthesizer Ford Pier loops Christof Migone loops David Travers-Smith loops Veda Hille mastered by Jeff Elliott mixed by Barry Mirochnick mixed by Ford Pier mixed by Marc L'Esperance mixed by Veda Hille other [art by] Geoffrey Farmer other [visual assemblance, typography] Brian Morgan tracks 7 piano Barry Mirochnick recorded by Marc L'Esperance recorded by [assistant] Pete Wonsiak trombone Andy Codrington viola Marie-Claude Brunet violin Paula Wise violin Sheila Macdonald written-by Veda Hille Recorded At The House Of The Roses Overdubbed At Lemon Loaf Studios Recorded At Mushroom Studios, Vancouver Mixed At Lemon Loaf Studios Mastered At Reaction Studios Recorded At Avatar / OHM éditions Recorded At Christof's Place This album contains phrases borrowed from Franz Boas, Haruki Murakami, Justin Kellam, Stephanie Aitken, David Byrne, and Don Pendleton. Manipulated sounds and loops recorded at Avatar (Quebec City) and Christof's place (NYC). Band tracks recorded at The House Of The Roses (Bowen Island, BC) with overdubs at Lemonloaf (Burnaby, BC). The string quartet was recorded at Mushroom Studios (Vancouver, BC). Mixed at Lemonloaf. Mastered at Reaction (Toronto).