My Father's Son

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.

Ricky Skaggs – vocals, backing vocals (1, 3–10), acoustic guitar solo (1), mandolin (1, 6, 8, 9), harmony vocals (2), electric guitar (2, 3), electric guitar solo (3), acoustic guitar (6, 11), banjo (6), Earthwood bass (6), fiddle (6)

Barry Beckett – organ (1, 10)

John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (1, 3, 5, 8–10), keyboards (7)

Steve Nathan – organ (2), keyboards (4)

Mike Rojas – acoustic piano (2)

John G. Elliott – acoustic piano (12), string arrangements (12)

Brent Mason – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 7–10)

Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar (1–5, 7–10), electric guitar (3), backing vocals (3, 4, 6–8), keyboards (5)

Keith Little – acoustic guitar (2)

Keith Sewell – acoustic guitar (4), backing vocals (4)

Steve Gibson – electric guitar (5)

Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar (8)

Terry Crisp – steel guitar (2, 5, 8, 10)

Paul Franklin – steel guitar (3, 4)

Jerry Douglas – dobro (7)

Bela Fleck – banjo (7)

Sam Bush – mandolin (7)

David Hungate – bass (1, 3, 4, 7–10)

Roy Huskey Jr. – slap bass (1–3, 9)

Jason Sellers – bass (2)

Leland Sklar – bass (5), electric bass (11)

Larrie Londin – drums (1, 7, 10)

Keith Edwards – drums (2)

Eddie Bayers – drums (3–5, 8, 9)

Tom Roady – percussion (4)

Bobby Hicks – fiddle (2)

Stuart Duncan – fiddle (7, 9)

Bobby Taylor – oboe (12)

The Nashville String Machine – strings (12)

Pamela Sixfin – concertmaster (12)

Waylon Jennings – vocals (2)

Sharon White – vocals (8), backing vocals (8)

Lenny LeBlanc – backing vocals (10)

Production

Mac McAnally – producer

Ricky Skaggs – producer

Brian Ahern – producer (8)

Rob Feaster – engineer, mixing (1–5, 7, 8)

Alan Schulman – engineer, mixing (6)

Ed Seay – engineer, mixing (9–12)

Mark Capps – assistant engineer

John Dickson – assistant engineer

Patrick Hutchinson – assistant engineer

Brad Jones – assistant engineer

Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)

Rosie Franklin – production secretary

Bill Johnson – art direction

Jodi Lynn Miller – design

Rollow Welch – design

Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography

Earl Cox – hair

Elizabeth Linneman – make-up

Ricky Skaggs Enterprises – management