It follows 2000's Inside Job and sees him exploring his roots, while also setting out into new territory. Guest artists include Mick Jagger, Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton.

Henley named the album after the area where he was raised. He explains: "I'm a Southerner and a Texan. It's who I am and where I come from." He adds that the work is set in "the rural America that I knew - the family, the neighbours and the countryside."