After Breau's major-label debut, Guitar Sounds from Lenny Breau, was issued the previous year on RCA, producer Chet Atkins arranged for this live recording in Los Angeles, accompanied by fellow Winnipegers Ron Halldorson and Reg Kelln.

Carol Kaye was in the audience and stated in an interview: "If you had dropped a bomb on the place that night you'd have wiped out all the guitar players in the world.

The tapes from the three-night engagement were taken back to Nashville where Atkins, Danny Davis and Ronnie Light prepared them for release.

[2] Despite the enthusiasm for the live show, the album sold poorly and was barely mentioned in the music press at the time.

Music critic Paul Kohler of Allmusic wrote "His ability to play chords, melody, and a bass line simultaneously has to be heard to be believed.