Beg" – 3:40 Personnel Natalie Merchant – vocals, Rhodes piano (5), acoustic piano (11, 12) Elizabeth Steen – Hammond organ (1, 3, 4, 5, 9-12), mellotron (6), Wurlitzer electric piano (8), acoustic piano (9) Van Dyke Parks – accordion (2) Patrick Warren – pump organ (2, 9), Chamberlin (5, 6, 9, 10, 11) Keefus Ciancia – acoustic piano (4), Hammond organ (5), keyboards (6) Guy Klucevsek – accordion (8) Gabriel Gordon – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), EBow (6), classical guitar (8), acoustic guitar (10, 11), vocals (10) Erik Della Penna – oud (1), banjo (3, 10), electric guitar (4, 6, 8, 11), classical guitar (8), acoustic guitar (9), bouzouki (10), lap steel guitar (10, 12) Greg Leisz – acoustic guitar (2, 9), banjo (2), mandolin (2), electric guitar (5), 12-string guitar (9) Graham Maby – bass guitar (1, 3, 4, 8-12) Mike Elizondo – acoustic bass (2, 6) Bob Glaub – bass guitar (5) Matt Chamberlain – drums (1, 3-6, 8, 9-12), percussion (1, 6, 8, 9, 11) Carla Azar – drums (live) (6) Sandra Church – alto flute (1) David Ralicke – tenor saxophone (4, 5, 10), baritone saxophone (5, 10), trombone (10) Mitchell Estrin – bass clarinet (7) David Krakauer – clarinet (8) Tony Kadleck – trumpet (7) Chris Tedesco – trumpet (10) Philip Myers – French horn (7) Stephen Barber – arrangements and conductor (1, 7, 8) Mavis Staples – vocals (3, 5) Kate Daley – Vivian girl's (7) Kelly Daley – Vivian girl's (7) Katie Goldberg – vocals (9) String sections (1, 7, 8) Alan Stepansky – cello (1, 7, 8) Elizabeth Dyson – cello (7) Sarah Seiver – cello (7) Jeremy McCoy – double bass (7) Karen Dreyfus – viola (1, 7, 8) Nicholas Cords – viola (7) Vivek Kamath – viola (7) Sandra Park – violin (1, 8), first violin (7), string contractor (7) Sharon Yamada – violin (1, 7, 8) Bruno Eicher – violin (7) Soo Hyun Kwon – violin (7) Ann Kim – violin (7) Lisa Kim – violin (7) Krzysztof Kuznik – violin (7) Karen Marx – violin (7) Laura Seaton – violin (7) Rob Shaw – violin (7) Fiona Simon – violin (7) Jung Sun Yoo – violin (7) Production T-Bone Burnett – producer Natalie Merchant – producer, package design Mike Piersante – recording Ryan Boesch – recording assistant Kevin Dean – recording assistant