bass, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, keyboards, lead vocals, harmony vocals, songwriter, producer, percussion, accordion, mixed by, violin, strings, 5-string banjo Johnny J. Blair
tracks 7 bongos Bennett Green
tracks 5 cello Kim Osterwalder
tracks 7 harmony vocals Bridget Purifoy
tracks 8 harmony vocals Cassie Blair
tracks 13 harmony vocals, percussion evinrude
mixed by, mastered by Tim Breon
tracks 7 recorded by Aaron Gregory
tracks 12 songwriter Ivan Kral
tracks 2 songwriter John Hardy
tracks 12 songwriter Patti Smith
tracks 9 songwriter Stephen Stills
tracks 5 trombone Richard Marriott
SNAPSHOTS is a predominantly Americana/acoustic assemblage of concert footage, TV broadcasts, and alt-mixes of existing material, extrapolated from performances in California, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. At the time, Blair was touring heavily as an solo acoustic singer-songwriter, stepping back from the highly-produced funk/soul/experimentalism of his landmark FIRE album. SNAPSHOTS was released as a response to audience demand. Highlights include the Beach Boys-inspired Steinbeck Found The Valley and Like A Father To A Son. Blair's cover of For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield) charted on iTunes.