The Man on the Burning Tightrope

The Man on the Burning Tightrope is the fourth album by Firewater, released in 2003 through Jetset Records.

Personnel

 * Firewater
 * Tod Ashley – vocals, bass guitar, Mellotron, bouzouki, production, design
 * Oren Kaplan – guitar
 * Tamir Muskat – drums, loops, production, mixing
 * Paul Wallfisch – organ, piano, celesta
 * Additional musicians and production
 * Dave Ballou – trumpet, flugelhorn on "Too Many Angels"
 * Joe Fiedler – trombone on "The Vegas Strip", "Ponzi's Revenge" and "Don't Make It Stop"
 * Victoria Hanna – vocals on "Dark Days Indeed" and "Dark Days Revisited"
 * Scott Hull – mastering
 * Yuri Lemeshev – accordion on "Dark Days Indeed", "Dark Days Revisited" and "Before the Fall"
 * Willy Martinez – percussion on "Too Much (Is Never Enough)", "The Truth Hurts" and "Ponzi's Revenge"
 * James Moore – cover art
 * Morgan St. Boot Boys – stomping on "Dark Days Indeed"
 * The Muskat Orchestra – horns on "Anything at All", strings on "Secret", arrangement on "Secret" and "The Vegas Strip"
 * Ramallah Orphan Choir – backing vocals on "Dark Days Indeed"
 * Asaf Roth – glockenspiel and cymbal on "Fanfare" and "Before the Fall", marimba on "The Vegas Strip"
 * Dan Shatsky – mixing
 * Itamar Ziegler – bass guitar on "Too Much (Is Never Enough)" and "Secret"