The majority of the group's songs at the time were good-time blues, skiffle and rock’n’roll, and these songs on the solo album, written by him during the previous seven years, were designed to show his versatility as a songwriter away from the confines of the basic Mungo sound.
The majority of the group's songs were upbeat blues, skiffle, and rock'n'roll, and these tracks on his solo album, written over the past seven years, highlighted his ability as a songwriter outside the conventional Mungo sound.