[2] The album captures the immediacy and informality of a small club performance.

[3] It features the band's interpretation of blues songs originally recorded by Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin' Wolf, and Willie Dixon as well as some band originals.

[6] The Baltimore Sun noted that "the group avoids the sort of overplaying that usually undoes white blues bands, leaving the sound lean, mean and utterly believable.

"[7] The Toronto Star called the album "a heap of unremarkable originals and tepid blues covers, recorded live in such poor quality, an audience member holding a cassette recorder couldn't have done worse.

"[8] AllMusic's gave the album a three out of five star rating, calling it a mix of straight-ahead blues and singer/harmonica player Lester Butler's later alternative rock.