Editing Mule Variations (section)

==Personnel==
* Tom Waits - [[Singing|vocals]] (1–7, 9–16), The Voice (8), [[guitar]] (1–3, 6–7, 9, 12), [[piano]] (5, 11, 13, 15–16), organ (3), [[pump organ]] (7), [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] (9–10), [[Chamberlin]] (9), [[optigan]] (2)
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* [[Andrew Borger]] - [[Drum kit|drums]] (9, 14, 16), percussion (14)
* [[Ralph Carney]] - [[trumpet]] (1), [[saxophone]] (1, 16), [[Alto Sax|alto saxophone]] (11), [[bass clarinet]] (10), [[Reed (instrument)|reeds]] (8, 9)
* [[Les Claypool]] - bass (1)
* [[Greg Cohen]] - bass (11–12, 15), percussion (10)
* Linda Deluca-Ghidossi - [[violin]] (13)
* Dalton Dillingham III - bass (13)
* Joe Gore - guitar (3, 16)
* Chris Grady - trumpet (2, 14)
* [[John P. Hammond|John Hammond]] - [[blues harp]] (7)
* [[Stephen Hodges (musician)|Stephen Hodges]] - percussion (3–4)
* [[Smokey Hormel]] - guitar (4), [[dobro]] (7), [[Cümbüş|chumbus]], dousengoni (2)
* [[Jacquire King]] - programming (2, 14), recording engineer, mixing
* [[Larry LaLonde]] - guitar (1)
* [[Bryan Mantia|Bryan "Brain" Mantia]] - drums (1)
* Christopher Marvin - drums (6)
* [[Charlie Musselwhite]] - [[blues harp]] (4, 12, 14, 16)
* Nik Phelps - [[baritone saxophone]] (11, 16)
* DJ M. Mark "The III Media" Reitman - turntable (8–10, 14)
* Larry Rhodes - [[contrabassoon]] (10)
* [[Marc Ribot]] - guitar (3, 9–10, 14), lead guitar (5), guitar solo (6, 9)
* Jeff Sloan - percussion (8)
* [[Larry Taylor]] - bass (3–6, 14, 16), guitar (14), rhythm guitar (5)
* Wings Over Jordan Gospel, Bali Eternal - turntable samples (10)
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*Oz Fritz - recording engineer, mixing
*[[Matt Mahurin]] - cover photography 
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Christopher Marvin, the son of actor [[Lee Marvin]], was featured as a guest drummer as a nod to Waits' membership in [[The Sons of Lee Marvin]], a humorous secret society of Marvin look-alikes.