[12] The sound of "Chili Pepper Mama" was inspired by playing—and listening to—music at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

[13] The Star Tribune wrote that Dawson's "happy fury comes through on new tracks like 'Mac Attack', 'Party Slab', 'Bobwire Betty', plus a swamp-rockin' rendition of ... 'The Frim Fram Sauce'.

"[19] The Dallas Observer labeled "Party Slab" "nasty jungle rock, loads of chugga-chugga guitar drunk on Thunderbird and hoochie-coochie rhythms.

"[15] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram opined that "Dawson sounds ageless and superbly confident," and described the album as "slap-back bass, that distinctive lived-in voice, tough guitar, and a passel of fun songs.

"[21] AllMusic wrote that the songs "address rebel concerns in an age of political correctness, seeing life for what it is while defiantly refusing to equate getting older with getting old ... his material has never been better.