 Aaron regards it as Steely Dan's song that remains most faithful to the blues, but acknowledges that a few non-blues chords are incorporated into the refrain.Scoppa particularly praised the electric guitar improvisations for their originality and for pedal steel guitar parts that don't sound like country music.Scoppa credited Jeff Baxter for this, although according to Steely Dan biographer Brian Sweet, Walter Becker played the guitar solo.