- Bob Seger: Vocals, guitar, composer (A2, A4, A5, B1, B2, B4), album design, mixing, producer

Muscles Shoals Band
- Pete Carr: Lead guitar, slide guitar
- Jimmy Johnson: Rhythm guitar
- Barry Beckett: Organ, piano, electric piano, R.M.I.
- David Hood: Bass guitar
- Roger Hawkins: Drums

Friends
- J.J. Cale: Lead guitar (A1)
- Jack Ashford: Tambourine, maracas
- "Bonzo Eddie" Brown: Congas
- Bill Mueller: Lead guitar (A4)
- Scherrie Payne: Background vocals (A2)
- Luke Smith: Background vocals (A1)
- Philip Bliss: Steel guitar, solo lead (A2)

My Band
- Dick Sims: Organ, pedal bass, piano, clavinet
- Marcy Levy: Background vocals
- Jamie Oldaker: Drums
- Sergio Pastora: Congas, timbales, tambourine
- Tom Cartmell: Saxophones, flutes

- Gregg Allman: Composer (A1)
- Andy Fraser: Composer (A3)
- Paul Rodgers: Composer (A3)
- Van Morrison: Composer (B3)

- Punch Andrews: Mixing, producer, album design
- John LeMay: Engineer
- Paradise Studios, Tijuan, Oklahoma: Recording studio
- Jim Bruzzese: Engineer, mixing
- Pampa Studios, Warren, Michigan: Recording and mixing studio
- Jerry Masters: Engineer
- Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama: Recording studio

- Thomas Weschler: Photography, album design
- Chris Whorf: Album design