[1]The piece is scored for an orchestra consisting of flute, piccolo, two oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, two bassoons, two French horns, two trumpets, one percussionist (two Latin cowbells; low, medium, and high Agogô bells; ride cymbal; splash cymbal; triangle; wind chimes; low and high bongo drums; maracas; claves; vibraslap; large whip; tambourine; and bell tree), piano, and strings (violins I & II, violas, violoncellos, and double basses).
Hewett added, "In works such as Route 66 and Sunset Strip he paints the hopes and dreams embodied in Interstate highways, wide-open spaces and all-night bars where Frank Sinatra crooned.
"[2] Mark Estren of The Washington Post called the piece "another nostalgia-tinged work, tunefully bouncy in its outer movements (whimsically titled '7 PM' and '7 AM') and warm in its central nocturne.
"[3] David Gutman of Gramophone called it "one of [Daugherty's] accessible but diffuse postmodern collages of overheard shards and elegant juxtapositions.
[3] The piece had also been recorded for the 2009 compilation album American Spectrum by conductor Grant Llewellyn and the North Carolina Symphony.