[2] Bridges starred in the film Crazy Heart in 2009, where he portrayed a fallen country music singer.

[3] Ryan Bingham, Rosanne Cash, Sam Phillips and Benji Hughes appear as guest vocalists on the album.

Gazdziak also noted that "Tumbling Vine" and "Falling Short", songs Bridges wrote himself, are nicely sung and arranged, though they tend to be a little too dense and esoteric.

[9] Spin gave the album a score of 5/10, writing, "Bridges' country-fried drawl gets wonky (see the shuffling 'Blue Car'), but when the pieces come together – as on laid-back, folksy charmers like 'Everything but Love' and 'Maybe I Missed the Point' – the result is as comfortable and unpretentious as the Dude's bathrobe.

[7] He criticized T-Bone Burnett for making the album "artificially authentic" and "drowsy Americana mythology".