 "Kickin' Out The Footlights...Again" would be the final proper studio album recorded by Jones before his death in 2013.The album reached number 25 on the "Billboard" country albums chart and received positive reviews, although many critics took note of Jones's increasingly withered voice.Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote "Of the two, George sounds a bit worse for wear—his voice is a little thin and slightly scratchy—but even if their age is evident... the album also illustrates exactly why Jones and Haggard are two of the greatest vocalists in country music history."