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Track listing

Tracks marked 'duo' feature only Amy Ray and Emily Saliers with no accompaniment.

Personnel

Lead vocals

*Amy Ray and Emily Saliers sing lead vocal on their respective compositions; the other sings harmony and/or support vocals. *Amy Ray sings lead on 1:3, 1:12, 2:3 and 2:13 and not at all on 1:4 and 2:11. *Emily Saliers sings lead on 2:11 with accompaniment from Gail Ann Dorsey and Jimmy Descant and the intro to 1:12 and 2:13. She sings solo on 1:4 and does not sing on 2:14. *They share lead vocals on 1:10 though Emily sings first. *Jerry Marotta sings lead on the third verse of 1:12.

Musicians

*Amy Ray - vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric guitar (1:12, 2:11, 2:13), melodica (1:14) *Emily Saliers - vocals, acoustic rhythm & lead guitar, electric guitar (1:12, 2:13), dobro (2:7) *Sara Lee - bass (except 2:10, 2:12 and duo tracks), penny whistle (2:12) *

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- drums (all except 2:4, 2:10 and duo tracks), saxophone (2:4), backing vocals (1:14, 2:11, 2:13) *

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- violin (1:5, 1:10, 2:1, 2:3) *

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- cello (1:3, 1:5, 1:8–12, 2:3, 2:6–7, 2:11, 2:13), penny whistle (1:2) *

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- harmony vocals (2:1, 2:3), mandolin (2:1) *

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and Jimmy Descant - guest vocals (2:11) *Sandy Garfinkle - harmonica (2:10) *Michael Lorant - tambourine (2:10) *Sheila Doyle - violin (2:12) *Dede Vogt and Gerard McHugh - backing vocals (2:12) *Russell Carter - backing vocals (2:13)

References

Indigo Girls live albums 1995 live albums Epic Records live albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub