James Mitchum

Character: Grady Hagg

Kiel Martin

Character: Bobby Lee Hagg

Arthur Hunnicutt

Character: Uncle Jesse Hagg

Waylon Jennings

Character: Balladeer

Chris Forbes

Character: Beth Ann Eubanks

George Ellis

Character: Jake Rainey

Bruce Atkins

Character: Sheriff Roscoe Coltrane

Bill Gribble

Character: Cooter Pettigrew

Ben Jones

Character: Fred

Bobby Dunn

Character:

Spanky McFarlane

Character: Precious

Joan Blackman

Character: Reba Rainey

Pete Munro

Character: Zeebo

Ralph Mooney

Character: Steel guitar and drums

Fred Newell

Character: Lead guitar /banjo

Larry Whitemore

Character: Rhythm guitar

Duke Goff

Character: Bass guitar

Richie Albright

Character: Percussion

Joey Giardello

Character: Syndicate man

Happy Humphrey

Character: Tiny

John Chappell

Character: Luther

Bill Moses

Character: Federal Agent in charge

Bob Hannah

Character: Roy Adderholt

Edie Kramer

Character: Jake Rainey's truck stop girl

Philip Pleasants

Character: Cooter's brother