This interest caused the band's original label, A&M Records, to release the compilation album Close Up the Honky-Tonks in 1974.

Since Rick Roberts had dissolved the Flying Burrito Brothers after a brief 1973 European tour with no original members, former manager Eddie Tickner started to think about the possibilities of reviving the band.

After Tickner received booking interest from a number of clubs, founding members "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow and Chris Ethridge agreed to re-form the Burritos.

They hired former Byrds drummer Gene Parsons, guitarist Joel Scott Hill from Canned Heat, and fiddler Gib Guilbeau to round out the "refried" Burritos.

Joel Scott Hill handled lead vocals on most of the tracks, with Gib Guilbeau on three and Gene Parsons on one.