"In All About Jazz, Nick DeRiso wrote, "Grateful Dead co-founder Bill Kreutzmann, great groovy Meters bassman George Porter Jr. and hoodoo guitarist Papa Mali have joined together to form 7 Walkers, a rousing fusion of Bay area jam-rock with greasy New Orleans rhythm and blues...Together, they often stir up powerful memories of Kreutzmann's old band — from the mystical '7 Walkers', which gave the band its name, to 'Evangeline', where Kreutzmann does such a sensitive turn at the drums.