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"Pete Madsen is one !#$%^ awesome guitar player! There isn't a style that this man doesn't cover on this CD. Virtually unmatched for eclecticism, clarity, tone and awe inspiring adeptness. This guy is amazing, were the hell did he come from anyway? Well that's what it's like being an Independent artist, you aren't publicized, advertised and drilled into people's heads, you are out there waiting to be discovered. I am so glad that I had the opportunity to listen to a talent so diverse, charismatic and vibrant. It's all instrumental, and it's heaven. 12 romping, rollicking tunes guaranteed to get your feet tapping, heart pumping, and your adrenaline oozing. Pete is a gunslinger looking for a home. Let him stay in your CD player for awhile, your ears will be tickled and filled with the exuberant joy of a child at christmas. Music that is positive, upbeat and full of electricity. You like guitar? you like instrumental music? If you pass on this you will be missing a masterpiece of instrumental creativity and awesome diversity."` -MuzikMan/September
21, 1999 Acoustic Reviews Good Time Music: Blues and Rags Bay Area guitar maven Pete Madsen wields resonator and acoustic guitars with craft and devastating force. He powers up hokum-style rags (Charlie Patton’s “Shake It and Break It”), brings new life to marvels of fingerpicking (Merle Travis’ “Saturday Night Shuffle” and “Cannonball Rag”) and chord-melody (Bob Brozman’s “C Rag”) and dares to move Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” to guitar. His own songs carry on tradition – zippy 1920’s jazz (“Movin’ Day Blues”) and deep Blues (the one-note bass piece “Goin’ Down to Richmond” combines slide and sparkling fret work) – and extend it to the wonderfully wobbly “Le Petit Nicolas,” the dazzling “Stingee Brim,” and the dark, complex “Blues for a Young Man.” Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue Magazine...June/July 2004
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