"Everywhere you turn on this double record there's five things to tune into - a blazing fiddle, a rippingly exploratory electric guitar or a multipart harmony that nibbles your ear - but the whole beast careens so gracefully you gotta marvel at the integrated dexterity of it all. Many cuts have the feel of suites fed ham hocks and collard greens to take the book smart implications out of them. This is Duke Ellington transported to rural Kentucky on phosphorescent wings, Cab Calloway and Jerry Lee Lewis jamming with the Modern Jazz Quartet, a "Night In Tunisia" with the Devil doing the soft shoe in the pale moonlight."
- Dennis Cook, Jambase Associate Editor