 The lyrics for most of the songs on "7 Walkers" were written by Robert Hunter, who wrote the words for many Grateful Dead songs.Willie Nelson plays guitar and sings on one track, "King Cotton Blues".According to "the Austin Chronicle", "Kreutzmann refers to the music of 7 Walkers as 'swampadelic,' a natural meeting point between his West Coast psychedelia and Welbourne's voodoo-funk.