"[16] The Albuquerque Tribune opined that the album "leaves no doubt he was truly one of the great blues players of the younger generation.

"[9] The Lincoln Journal Star labeled it "raw, elemental blues featuring stinging slide guitar".

[11] Robert Christgau wrote that the "slide guitar king makes his tightest and most raucous recorded music since 1968's definitive Hawk Squat!

"[10] In 1987, the Houston Chronicle called the album "good stuff, alternately haunting and honking; unlike many bluesmen, Hutto did not suffer from a long, slow decline.

"[17] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings noted that Hutto's "slide playing is his sharpest and fullest on disc".