The collection features recordings of songs made popular by Western swing group Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, a major influence on Asleep at the Wheel.

[1] As a result, almost every album since the group's 1973 debut Comin' Right at Ya has featured at least one recording of a song composed or made popular by Wills, which Benson claimed "the public has always zeroed in on [and] responded very strongly to".

The band's frontman noted that he "could have done a four-record set" due to the level of interest from other artists, including numerous musicians who did not feature such as Reba McEntire, Leon Redbone and Lee Roy Parnell.

Writing about the album for The Tennessean, country journalist Robert K. Oermann suggested that the band had "prove[d] that the diversity, flexibility and breadth of Bob's western-swing sound can still astound young listeners," praising the added "star-power" of the featured artists.

[2] Similarly, Indianapolis Star columnist John Hawn wrote that "bandleader Ray Benson has outdone himself here by recruiting a diverse group of 18 musicians ... All perform within the framework of Bob Wills-style fiddlin' and yodelin', yet all inject their personalities".

[14] New York Correspondent Jim Bessman included it at number 4 on his list, writing that "Ray Benson & Co.'s love affair with Bob Wills and Texas Swing is celebrated merrily.

[15] The publication's review of lead single "Red Wing" described the song as "a sprightly rendition of the class fiddle tune, adorned considerably by the playing of" its featured performers.