(in alphabetic order)
Kevin Abernathy: electric guitar on “This Is Our House,” “Peanut Butter and Jelly,” and “Drinking Gourd.” Slide guitar on “Hikin’ Blues.”
Kevin fronts the The Kevin Abernathy Band. He also sits in from time to time with The John Myers Band and is a guitar teacher. Sean sometime performs with Kevin when he plays acoustic sets.
Steve Corrigan: drums
Steve plays drums with Sean in The Lonetones and The John Myers Band. He also performs with a number of other bands in Knoxville including the popular Talking Heads cover band Same As It Ever Was and teaches drums.
Chris Durman: vocals on “Mole In the Ground” and “Freedom Songs;” harmonica on “This Is Our House.”
Chris performs regularly with his longtime musical cohort Steve White as Smiley and the Lovedawg.. The two of them also perform with Sean in The John Myers Band.
Geol Greenlee: piano on “This Is Our House,” “Mama Said No,” and “Freedom Song;” and accordion on “De Colores” and “El Barco Chiquitito.”
Geol is the music department head at Roane State Community College. He plays from time to time with Phil Pollard and the Band of Humansand Sara Schwabe and Her Yankee Jass Band.
Steph Gunnoe: vocals on “Mole In The Ground,” “Paw Paw Patch,” “Jenny Jenkins,” “The Crawdad Song,” and “Freedom Songs.”
Steph fronts The Lonetones with Sean, writing songs, singing and playing guitar. Sean and Steph are also married and parents of Willa (see above).
Greg Horne: fiddle on "The Crawdad Song," "Jenny Jenkins," "I've Been Workin on The Railroad," "Mole In The Ground," and "Paw Paw Patch." Vocals on "Jenny Jenkins" and "Freedom Songs."
Greg performs solo as a multi-instrumental singer-songwriter and plays old-time music for contra dances and other occasions. He teaches lessons on multiple instruments and has published several related books.
Dale McCollough: lead vocals on “Hole in the Bottom of the Sea” and “Animal Fair” (hidden track)
Dale is Sean’s dad. He has had a profound effect on Sean’s musical development. Sean soaked in his piano playing from an early age and learned guitar and harmony singing from him the summer of his thirteenth year. Sean and his dad also played together in a Latin band, Sarita y Sazon, in Austin, TX when Sean was a teenager (see Sarita Rodriguez below). Read more about Sean's early musical influences in his bio ("the big picture").
John Myers: vocals on “Freedom Songs.”
John is a singer with an amazing history beginning back in the days of doo wop in the 50s and 60s. In 1970 he did a stint on the Motown label with a band called The Hearts of Stone. He still performs today with The John Myers Band. Sean is John’s bandleader and just recently helped him record an album called I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.
The Pinklets: vocals on “This Is Our House,” “Peanut Butter and Jelly,” and “Mole In The Ground.” Roxy sings the part of Jenny on “Jenny Jenkins.”
The kids singing on this album are Sean’s daughter Willa McCollough (eight) and Kevin Abernathy’s three girls- Roxy Abernathy (ten), Lucy Abernathy (eight), and Eliza Abernathy (six).
Phil Pollard: steel drum on “Peanut Butter and Jelly;” djembe on “Mole In The Ground” and “Drinking Gourd;” and xylophone on “I Like Bugs” and “Paw Paw Patch.” Phil performs must regularly these days with The Slomski Brothers but also periodically returns to Knoxville from his home in Richmond, VA to front Phil Pollard and the Band of Humans and perform with Sara Schwabe and Her Yankee Jass Band.
Sarita Rodriguez: vocals on “De Colores” and “El Barco Chiquitito.”
Sarita, who grew up in Panama, is Sean’s step mom. She introduced him to the world of Latin music when he spent his summers with her and his dad in Austin, TX. She performed under the name Sarita Romantica and then with the band Sarita y Sazon. Sean had the opportunity to perform with her and was profoundly influenced by the experience. She now the Director of Public Programs at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, TX and teaches Nia at the Synergy Studio.
Nancy Brennan Strange: vocals on “I’ve Been Workin’ On The Railroad” and “Mama Said No”
Nancy fronts the Tennessee Sheiks and performs with Sean in the band for the Carpet Bag Theater play Between a Ballad and a Blues.
Maria Williams: bass, vocals on “This Is Our House,” “Mole In The Ground” and “Freedom Songs.”
Maria plays bass and sings with Sean in The Lonetones and The John Myers Band.