Personnel: Bo Diddley (vocals, guitar); Reese "Philosopher G" Mitchell (vocals); Johnny "Guitar" Watson (spoken vocals, vocodor); Ron Wood (slide guitar, guitar); Keith Richards, Nunzio Signore, John Rosenberg, Richie Sambora, Jimmie Vaughan (guitar); Billy Boy Arnold, Jerry Portnoy (harmonica); Dave Keyes (piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer); Johnnie Johnson (piano); Margo Lewis (Hammond B-3 organ); Debby Hastings, Dave Bronze (bass); Tom Major, Wayne Q. Sheehy (drums); Mike Vernon (bass drum, maracas, tambourine, claves, pans, woodblock).

The Shirelles: Beverly Lee, Shirley Marshall Alston, Diane Spann-Miller (background vocals).

Principally recorded at Big House Recording, New York, New York on October 18-20, 1995. Includes liner notes by Neil Slaven, Bo Diddley and Mike Vernon.

A MAN AMONGST MEN was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.