Down Beat (6/00, p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Gives it his all here when surveying the rockabilly, blues, country and primal rock'n'roll he was raised on in the Delta..."
JazzTimes (10/00, p.73) - "...A raw, house-rockin' muthaferya..."
Big Jack Johnson & The Oilers: Big Jack Johnson (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Chris Dean (acoustic & electric guitars); Maury "Hooter" Saslaff (bass); Dale Wise (drums).
Additional personnel: Wild Child Butler (harmonica).
Recorded at Tiki Studios, Glen Cove, New York in 1999 and at Memphis Sound Works, Memphis, Tennessee on October 25, 1998. Includes liner notes by Bill Ellis.