The album pays homage to the musicians who inspired them to form a band in 1977, particularly Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. The track listing includes numbers by Terry & McGhee, as well as Randy Newman's slave trader satire Sail Away, Bessie Smith's Backwater Blues, and songs by Lead Belly, Hank Williams and Jethro Tull.

"We always loved American folk music and Mark, as a harmonica player, is drawn towards blues and country music," says Dennis. "Living with the blues is everything a blues song is�a life's journey of struggle and coming to terms with it".