Home Plate (album)

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Personnel

• Bonnie Raitt – guitar, electric guitar, vocals (all), slide guitar, electric slide guitar (9)
• Harry Bluestone – concert master
• George Bohanon – trombone, baritone saxophone, bass trumpet
• Jackson Browne – vocals, background vocals
• Rosemary Butler – vocals, background vocals
• Venetta Fields – vocals, background vocals
• Freebo – bass, guitar, tuba, vocals, guitarron, fretless bass
• Jim Gordon – baritone saxophone
• Debbie Greene – vocals, background vocals
• John Hall – guitar, electric guitar
• Emmylou Harris – vocals, background vocals
• John Herald – vocals, background vocals
• Dick Hyde – trombone, trumpet, bass trumpet; horn (as Richard Hyde)
• Jerry Jumonville – tenor saxophone
• Jef Labes – keyboard
• Maxayn Lewis – vocals, background vocals
• Gary Mallaber – drums
• Will McFarlane – guitar, electric guitar
• Robbie Montgomery – vocals, background vocals
• Bill Payne – accordion, keyboard, vocals
• Jeff Porcaro – percussion
• Greg Prestopino – vocals, background vocals
• Terry Reid – vocals, background vocals
• John Sebastian – autoharp, harp
• William D. "Smitty" Smith – piano, keyboard
• JD Souther – vocals, background vocals
• Fred Tackett – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, keyboard, 12 string guitar, Fender Rhodes
• Willow VanDer Hoek – vocals, background vocals
• Tom Waits – vocals, background vocals on "Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes"
• Dennis Whitted – drums
• Jai Winding – piano, keyboard, clavinet

Production

• Producer: Paul Rothchild
• Engineer: Fritz Richmond
• Remastering supervisor: Ed Cherney
• Remastering: Gregg Geller
• Project coordinator: Jo Motta
• Horn arrangements: Nick DeCaro, Jerry Jumonville, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett
• String arrangements: Nick DeCaro
• Art direction: Lockart
• Photography: Michael Dobo, Norman Seeff
• Cover photo: Norman Seeff

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)	43