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"LaFave is nothing if not a red-dirt romantic.  
Viewing the world from an open road and an open heart, 
with one eye on the girl and the other on the mythological 
lure of the highway.  First it was Woody Guthrie and then 
Jack Kerouac, now it's LaFave and his brand of dirty-boots 
folk-rock... Jimmy has the most expressive voice this side 
of Belfast.... it's the music of Jimmy LaFave that really 
defines this part of the land." 


~ Greg Johnston • Oklahoma City Gazette




"LaFave has long since made his mark as a songwriter 
whose intensity and insight (as well as his 
electric-acoustic cross pollination) 
recalls his inspriration, Bob Dylan."



~ Rob Patterson • Austin Chronicle




"Personally, I feel he is already 
in that higher musical Olympus 
next to Bob, Bruce, and a few others.




~ Alessandro Magliori • Buscadero Magazine (Italy)




"His strong point is in expressing common feelings 
and situations with exceptional clarity 
in striking melodies.... on a record packed 
with one good song after another."



~ College Music Journal



"As for the songs, they are rock solid... 
That's the other thing Jimmy LaFave does, 
and I often get so locked up in his vocal work 
that I forget to see that the songs themselves 
are wonderful concoctions, true to every rock, 
country, and soul standard ever set. Lyrically, 
LaFave is mature, concise, and most of all sincere."



~ Eric Fidler • Associated Press




"LaFave's American anthem The Open Road packs 
some of the most creative rhythm structures since 
Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run."



~ Chicago Sun Times





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