[5] Holmstrom was backed by Ron Dziubla on saxophone, turntables, and keyboards; Donny Gruendler on drums; and Dale Jennings on bass.

[6] He used samples, backwards guitar, effects, signal processing, and drum loops on some of the tracks; he spent weeks helping to edit the music.

[10] Holmstrom sought to retain the "greasy" feel of the basic tracks, while also avoiding the overly-produced sound of late-eighties and early-nineties blues records.

[5] Donny Gerrard contributed backing vocals to the album; John Medeski played keyboards on a couple of tracks.

"[17] The Intelligencer Journal called the album "an ear-opener, breathing life into a musical form that is too often treated with the stifling reverence reserved for a museum piece.