More Quotes About David Gogo
Collectors CD "Live At Deer Lake"
" This is the REAL DEAL with Gogo and Band at their best!!!!
Put this album in your CD player with the volume at "loudest" and David
Gogo is playing in your Living Room!!! This is a must have record
for every blues-rock fan!!"
Ton Wanten - Triple
R Blues&Roots Radio (Holland)
"It's raw, it's lively & it's a fine piece of work... This
album gives a no-frills insight into Gogo's talent... live recordings
don't lie, that's one reason why I love them & another reason
is that with headphones cranked up it's just like being there...
try it you WILL like it."
Colin Everett - bluesfreepress.org.uk
"This CD contains a great mix of David's own compositions and
covers and serves to demonstrate that the skill and power that
is present on his studio recorded material is, if anything, even greater
in a live situation. If you liked his studio CDs you will love
this live one and even if you have not heard the previous CDs
this is one hell of a good live introduction,"
Ashwyn Smyth - Blues
Matters
"David Gogo is a West Coast bluesman who has worked tirelessly
to build an audience for his brand of the blues, gradually making
inroads across the entire country from constant gigging and a prolific
five-album catalogue. Last year’s Maple Blues Guitarist
of the Year has this year’s distinction of Deer Lake being
nominated for a 2004 Juno, only to have the honour retracted over
a bungled eligibility issue. The resulting press drew more attention
than a Juno ever would but the fiasco is Juno’s loss, since
this “bootleg” does a superb job of summing up what
Gogo is all about. Originally a “live” blues radio recording,
its release stems from fan-based pressure, augmented by two additional “unofficial” recordings.
Deer Lake finds Gogo as less of a front-man and more of a band player
and the songs are the better for it. Of course, Gogo’s scorching
blues rock guitar remains at the core of his music and his
powerful vocals have come to earn equal billing on such
soulful numbers as James Brown’s “It’s
A Man’s World” — melding R&B to blues rock
with true conviction. But songs like Muddy Waters’ “Louisiana
Blues” and his own “Skeleton Key” showcase a
hardworking crew in top fighting form, with a driving rhythm section
and exceptional B3 contributions from Brendan Hedley. Gogo
uses this solid platform as springboard for his aggressive style but
has also learned to sit back and enjoy the groove. You can hear it
on Deer Lake and it’s a mature recording that only teases at
what is to come,"
Eric Thom - Exclaim!
Halfway to Memphis
"Gogo is an upper tier guitarist whose brand of blues/rock
will hit you in the chin with the force of a Clark Kent uppercut,"
BluesRockers.ws
"Whoa! Hot stuff,"
Andrew Tucker - Time Off, Australia
"excellent songwriting talent and brilliant guitar style,"
David Blue - NetRhythms.co.uk
"There is a new blues-rocker on the scene and he comes screaming
and wailing like a banshee,"
Tim
Holek - Blues
On Stage
"...from the moment track one grabs you by the throat you will
be putty in David Gogo's hands,"
bluesfreepress.org.uk
"If you're looking for some good old bourbon-drinkin', bar-brawlin',
cigarette-smokin', balls-to-the-wall blues, then Halfway to Memphis is
the album for you,"
J.W. Myles - City View
OK.... Holy **##@@# %*#@ I am wiggin out over the new Gogo. Obviously
I will be playing this a lot,"
Storman
Norman - Sunday
Blues (Rock 101)
"(Halfway to Memphis) is fantastic. I love this cd,"
Ron Markham - 104.9 the BUZZ
"'Halfway to Memphis' top track: James Brown's This is a
Man's World. Intense!"
Tom
Hyslop -
Blues Revue
Magazine
" With ease and grace, (Gogo) blends the emotion of blues and
the spirit of rock into a format that is a joy to the ear,"
Galina
Pembroke - Mind's Eye
"...brilliant guitar solos...brightly performed...GREAT!",
Vicente Zúmel - La Hora
del Blues, Spain (translated)
Great new blues from super hot guitarist David Gogo,"
John Bates - Views on the Blues,
Australia
"Gogo was named Musician of the Year at the 2000
West Coast Music Awards, evidence of which abounds on the exquisitely
produced and maniacally performed Halfway to Memphis, the
best of Gogo's young career -- a record whose feel is as swampy as
the city it harkens back to,"
Mike
Devlin - Victoria
Times-Colonist
"For fans of electric blues, it gets no better than this,"
Brant Zwicker - Kamloops This Week
"His sound is deep, complete, authoritative and blue,"
Arthur Shuey - Word
on the Street
"Best played at maximum volume!"
Eric Black - Blue Country 101FM,
Australia
"Occasionally, very occasionally, a performer comes along whose
natural talent is so obvious you almost have to seal it in a container
to avoid is leaking out all over the place,"
Keith
Sharp - Impact Magazine
"David Gogo has found his own voice in the blues, and he's
got something to say,"
Gary
Preston - Blues Scene
Quarterly
"...this one's for you,"
John Valenteyn - Maple Blues Magazine
"He doesn't mince strings or wank with words. He's got their
breaking point nailed down, abusing only the calluses on his fingertips
and larynx,"
Barry
Newman - Cosmic
Debris
"That his own work stands shoulder to shoulder with classics
like Muddy Waters' Rollin' and Tumblin' or Willie Dixon's Wang
Dang Doodle is testimony to the authenticity of Gogo's capabilities,"
Warren
Footz, See
Magazine
"The title may be Halfway to Memphis, but this album
goes 'all the way'..."
Marie
Leppard - CanEHdian.com
"The man is dynamite on his guitar and he sings with conviction,"
Simon Aguilar - KYNR
"A killer!"
Backstreets Review, Italy
"Actually, every song on this album, whether original or cover,
is a classic,"
Arthur
Shuey - Word
on the Street
"…the star of the show is very much Gogo, who excels at
laying down potent riffs and licks to accompany his singing,"
Benoît
Brière
- BluesBytes
"Gogo shows why he is considered one the finest blues guitarists...an
equal mix of style and substance, alternating between straight-ahead
boogie rock and blues standards with a few forays of fancy fretwork
thrown in for effect,"
Tom
Davies - Cosmic
Debris
"I'm no expert on guitar technique, but at a minimum I'm certain
there's frequent use of a wah-wah pedal and wammy bar, manipulation
of various audio controls, and occasional physical abuse of the guitar's
structural components. While that's a lot of activity, I'm not sure
these techniques alone can account for the wild variety of tones and
sounds heard during Gogo's solos,"
Herman
Nieuwendaal - ElectricBlues.com
"The type of music that makes you wish you were cruisin' down
the highway with the top down,"
Ken
McGrath - Sorted
magAZine,
Ireland
"Gogo's version of James Brown's This Is A Man's World on
the Halfway to Memphis CD is a beauty - not far from masterpiece.
Truly hair-raising!"
Jean-C
Bernard - amazon.fr,
France (translated)
"A blistering guitar player,"
Kirby - See
Magazine
"Gogo pours his heart out with his guitar and voice,"
Blues Revue Magazine
"…the kind of blazing blues rock (for which) he is known,"
Tom Harrison - The Vancouver Province
"Halfway to Memphis is the recorded synthesis of Gogo's
work. In it he revives, simply and with much talent, the James Brown
soul hit This Is A Man's World by putting his own stamp on
it. The blues are powerful here - the slides are relevant and the
voice is an integral instrument,"
Zicline France (translated)
"Thank you for the David Gogo CDs. I will be doing a feature
in the next few weeks,"
Ray
O'Hare - Lancashire
Blue Notes (BBC)
"Acoustic blues leaves no room for pretenders, and (on Bare
Bones) Gogo bares his soul to show that he's a true bluesman
to the bone,"
Dan
Verkerke - www.minor7th.com
"Prince George blues fans, consider yourselves lucky. You're
about to be treated to one of Canada's finest when Nanaimo guitar
wizard David Gogo takes to the stage for two sold out performances,"
Ted
Clarke - Citizen
"Gogo wrote three of the tunes including Halfway to Memphis which
shows he is capable of the very difficult task of writing a blues
tune without sounding like an 80-year-old from Chicago,"
Jeff
Holubitsky - Penguin Eggs
"...could have been a stand-up comedian if he hadn't decided
on pursuing a career in music,"
Peter
North - The Edmonton
Journal
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