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photo by Dave Ferguson |
"Book Binder is one of the finest blues fingerpickers active today."
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| - Scott Dirks (Blues Revue) |
"Behind the humor lurks a musical master. Roy Book Binder makes country blues a living music that he plays with rare mastery"
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| - John Shand (Sydney Morning Herald) |
"Book Binder is in fine form, playing his brand of raggy, east coast country blues and deadpanning his way hilariously through stories and one-liners for which he's become well known".
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| - Andrew Mullins (www.weeniecampbel.com) |
"On this showing he's certainly the best white bluesman I've ever heard, and if he hasn't been recorded yet, somebody ought to do it, and bloody quickly". Ron Brown
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| - Ron Brown (Jazz Journal) |
"Book Binder wrenches a meaty tone from his vintage small-bodied Gibsons"
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| - Ian Zack (Acoustic Guitar) |
....both albums, are great examples of his song writing and show Roy Book Binder to be a master of his craft.
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| - David Blue (NetRhythms Music) |
"Nobody writes in the idiom better than Roy Book Binder. He is a master player, singer, writer and teller of tales… true tales. He wrote THE PREACHER PICKED THE GUITAR and passed it on to me. It is an honor to include it here." Jorma Kaukonen 2/16/07
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| - Jorma's new cd..... Stars In My Crown () |
"Even the most pure purists will like it."
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| - Peter R. Aschoff (Living Blues) |
"Five Star Rating."
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| - Rusch (Down Beat) |
"Book Binder is a genuine example of the traveling bluesman tradition that begun in the 20's, was revived in the 60's, and continues today."
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| - Steve Cheseborough (Living Blues) |
"Here is a master storyteller who can really crank out the blues."
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| - R.T. (Blues and Rhythm) |
"It was something to see, all that finger-picking and burr-throated singing. It makes you believe that this, most ancient of American blues styles, was not just being recreated by Book Binder-no, indeed, this man lived those cotton patch, dusty road, way down home blues. How he managed to do it is his own business, he shimmered and shone like the real goods."
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| - Bob Claypool (Houston Post) |
"Book Binder's picking is solid and funky, and his voice has never sounded better."
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| - E.W. (Sing Out) |
"Book Binder's best album. The live setting galvanizes his storytelling, humor, historical anecdotes, tall tales, emotional resonance and acoustic guitar work. Great production yields an immediate, contemporary impact, resulting in a sound that is at once timeless, old timey and fresh."
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| - Marty Racine (Houston Chronicle) |
"Book him. The old Bookeroo sings the blues, and sings 'em real well."
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| - E.S. (Dirty Linen) |
