Personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals, guitar, percussion); Richard Bennett (guitar, mandolin, bass, percussion); Steve Fishell (pedal steel guitar, dobro); Michael Henderson, Bonnie Raitt (slide guitar); Kieran Kane, Glen Duncan, Marty Stuart, Mark O'Connor (mandolin); Kate McGarrigle (accordion, background vocals); Glen D. Hardin (piano); Carl Marsh (organ, synthesizer); David Pomeroy (bass); Billy Thomas (drums, percussion, background vocals); Kenny Malone (percussion); Anna McGarrigle, Ashley Cleveland, Donivan Cowart, Barry Tashian, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy, Harry Stinson (background vocals).

Often called a new traditionalist, singer/songwriter Emmylou Harris has built a career on revamping classic honky-tonk music while striving to keep the idiom fresh and modern. Harris's music has roots. She knows the repertoire and is steeped in the history of North American folk and C&W music.

On the late '80s release BLUEBIRD, Harris performs the poignant "Lonely Street," Johnny Cash's dreamlike "I Still Miss Someone," and her own sorrow-drenched tune, "A River For Him." Guest musicians such as Bonnie Raitt, and Kate and Anna McGarrigle, among others, support Harris's beautiful vocal performances.