Wide Open (Michael McDonald album)

Background

Track listing

Personnel

• Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, Wurlitzer organ, electric guitar, horn arrangements, acoustic piano, Rhodes, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar, additional synth pads and brass pad, clavinet, synthesizer, string arrangements
• Larry Goldings – Hammond B3 organ
• Tim Akers – synthesizer
• Jeff Roach – synthesizer
• David Paich – synthesizer, Hammond B3 organ
• John Peppard – synth sequencing, original arrangements
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizer, synth effects
• Mike Rojas – Rhodes
• Andrew Ramsey – electric guitar
• Warren Haynes – electric guitar
• Robben Ford – electric guitar solo
• Michael Landau – electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar solo outro, guitar solo, electric guitar fills
• Dann Huff – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar solo
• Sol Littlefield – additional electric guitar, electric guitar solo
• Bernie Chiaravalle – 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
• David Levita – electric guitar, additional guitar, acoustic guitar, additional electric guitar, rhythm electric guitar, "robot" guitar solo
• Ilya Toshinski – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, additional guitar
• Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, bouzouki
• Craig Young – bass
• Willie Weeks – bass
• Marcus Miller – bass
• Lance Morrison – bass
• Tony Lucido – bass
• Tommy Sims – bass
• Leland Sklar – bass
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion, drum programming, brushes, synth bass, synthesizer, string arrangements, drum loops
• Mark Douthit – sax solo, saxophone, additional horn arrangements, sax arrangement
• Ward Smith – tenor saxophone
• Tom Scott – sax solo
• Branford Marsalis – soprano saxophone
• Scott Mayo – alto and tenor saxophones
• George Shelby – baritone and tenor saxophones
• Matt Perrine – sousaphone
• Barry Green – trombone
• Mark Mullins – trombone, horn arrangements
• Andrew Lippman – trombone
• Bobby Campo – trumpet
• Steve Patrick – trumpet
• Michael Leonhart – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements
• Harry Kim – trumpet
• David Frank – horn arrangements
• Matt McCauley – string arrangements and conductor
• The Kris Wilkinson Strings – strings
• Amy Holland – guest vocals
• Drea Rheneé – guest vocals

  Production

• Producers – Michael McDonald and Shannon Forrest
• Production Assistant – Kathy Walker
• Recorded and Mixed by Shannon Forrest
• Additional Engineers – Jarad Clement, Jasper LeMaster, Grady Walker and Nathan Yarborough.
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.
• Art Direction and Package – Jordan Fann, Joel Hoffner and Jon Romero.