Personnel

• Dan Fogelberg – lead vocals, backing vocals, grand piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric lead guitar, classical guitar, strings (3, 9), bass (5)
• Tim Weisberg – flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
• Larry Cohn – keyboards, horn arrangements (2), acoustic piano (3, 6), string arrangements (3, 9)
• Michael Landau – electric guitars
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass (1–4, 6–10)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
• Alex Acuña – percussion
• Pete Christlieb – saxophones (2)
• Joel Peskin – saxophones (2)
• Tom Scott – saxophones (2)
• Dick Hyde – trombone (2), trumpet (2)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (2)
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
• Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals (6)
• Oren Waters – backing vocals (6)

Production

• Dan Fogelberg – producer
• Tim Weisberg – producer
• Elliot Scheiner – basic track recording
• David Glover – recording (vocals, keyboards, guitars)
• Marty Lewis – recording (all flutes)
• Mike Baumgartner – assistant engineer
• Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
• David Knight – assistant engineer
• Mike Nally – assistant engineer
• John Paterno – assistant engineer
• Mike Piersante – assistant engineer
• Don Murray – mixing
• Wally Traugott – mastering at Tower Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• John Kosh – art direction, design
• Henry Diltz – band photography
• Reisig & Taylor – cover photography
• Susie Chinn – llama photography

References