Tracks A1-A3 recorded January 20, 1953
Young John Watson - vocal, piano
Billy Smith - tenor sax
Clyde Dunn - baritone sax
Wayne Bennett - guitar
Mario Delagarde - bass
Bill English - drums Tracks A4-A7 recorded in Los Angeles, May 29, 1953
Young John Watson - vocal, piano
Joe Bridgewater - trumpet
Eddie Hale - alto sax
Sammy Parker, Milt Bradford - tenor sax
Jim Wynn - baritone sax
Harold Grant - guitar
Robert 'Snake' Sims - drums Tracks A8-B3 recorded in Los Angeles, February 1st, 1954
Young John Watson - vocal, guitar
Bill Gather - tenor and baritone saxes
Devonia Williams - piano
Mario Delagarde - bass
Charlie Pendergraph - drums Track B4 recorded in Los Angeles, July 21, 1961
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - vocal, guitar
Howard Roberts, Sydney Sharp, Leonard Malarsky, Israel Baker, Elliot Fisher, Harry Hyams - strings
Ernie Freeman - piano
Ted Brinson - bass
Ed 'Sharkey' Hall - drums Track B5 recorded in Los Angeles, October 17, 1961
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - vocal, guitar
Robert Taylor - trumpet
Chauncey Lockie - tenor sax
Gaynel Hodge - piano
Charles Norris - guitar
James Benson - bass
Robert Gross - drums Tracks B6-B8 recorded in Los Angeles, December 1962 with unknown accompaniment