"Between 1965 and 1967, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels were one of the best, toughest, and most exciting blue-eyed soul acts to ever walk the earth. Ryder was a singer who could sound cool and swaggering while still finding room for abundant full-on soul shouting, and the Detroit Wheels were more than up to the challenge of backing him up, with the fierce guitar work of Jim McCarty and the ceaseless drive of drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek not just supporting the frontman but pushing him to greater heights".