Mel London arrived early at Wells' home to pick him up for a scheduled recording session: "'Where's you Daddy at?

It features a different rhythm arrangement and includes a harmonica solo by Wells with backup by Buddy Guy on guitar along with Myers and Below.

[4] Wells and Guy used a similar arrangement for "Snatch It Back and Hold It" on their influential Hoodoo Man Blues album (1965).

On Chicago’s West Side, his contemporaries Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Magic Sam Maghett were incorporating the emotional dynamism of Soul music into the Delta-bred sounds upon which they were raised.

While in the South Side’s watering holes, Junior began fusing old-school Blues with the funky beat of modern R&B.

[7]Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher recorded a rock adaptation of "Messin' with the Kid" for his album Live in Europe (1972).

[10] Wells later recorded a reworked version of the tune with a full backing band including horns for his 1993 album Better Off with the Blues.