"Olney unveils the ever-captivating story in song [on "THE STONE"], without a heavy emphasis on the religious elements, and the experiment works."
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Jeffrey Sisk, ~ The Daily News (Pittsburgh, PA)
"[Olney's] performance is exuberant and his songs and presence always fill the entire room."
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~ Urban Country News
“Along with Tom Russell and James McMurtry, David Olney is one of the greatest American story tellers working today.”
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27 Leggies
“David Olney remains A MONUMENTAL STORYSPINNER. The sinister tales are subtly told but packed with perfectly polished observations”
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Philadelphia City Paper
“Across five songs Olney totally nails the essence of this black-and-white movie genre”
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Maverick Magazine
“Bourbon drenched tunes that owe a debt to times gone by.”
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Village Records
“ARE YOU READY BOOTS??”
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http://www.DavidOlney.com/
“A 60s mod-classic has been totally reinvented as a sort of raw, roadhouse standard.”
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Director Brian Smith
“Separating the Wheat from the Chaff”
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Songs Illinois
“Brilliant writer, but he changes into this other person on stage that leaves you stunned, mesmerized and always wanting more”
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Rex (Wrecks) Bell
“Biting wit and FULL-THROTTLE PERFORMANCE PASSION is closer in spirit to Springsteen, Townes Van Zandt, Dylan or Neil Young ”
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The Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
"David Olney doesn't tour over here with a band. He doesn't have to. Between his own sturdy rhythm-and-riffs guitar playing and his trusty sidekick, Mark 'Sergio' Webb's extraordinary range of accompaniments, Nashville-based OLNEY GIVES A PERFORMANCE THAT BORDERS AT TIMES ON THE ORCHESTRAL....A show PACKED WITH INCIDENT, amusement, contrast and fine, fine songsmithery."
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The Herald (Scotland) - May 2010
“...The lovely ‘Covington Girl’, which sounds like a newly-minted Americana classic. Punchy horns punctuate a few of the songs, and Olney enlivens the tracks with some engaging vocal quirks... ”
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PopMatters.com
"On top of an amazing sound, Olney's incredible TV Evangelist-Beat Poet style story telling in the intro to most songs is SO THEATRICAL, you just can't help but be absorbed by his incredible imagination. HE IS A MAN WITH A GIFT. If you get the chance, YOU MUST SEE DAVID OLNEY LIVE."
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James Cooper, LonesomeHighway.com (Dublin, Ireland) - May 2010
“David Olney "HEAR & NOW" LIVE Weekly Broadcast every Tuesday on uStream!”
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uStream.tv
"Previously, with his gruff voice and GUTBUCKET ARRANGEMENTS, Olney has recalled the later Tom Waits...although one also should mention Leon Redbone as a model. In his songwriting, OLNEY CONTINUES TO DELIGHT in imaginative explorations of historical and invented characters and situations."
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AllMusic.com
"Few are capable of spinning such colorful and multi-layered yarns with so little excess fat. On this fine new release, Olney spans the gamut from OBSTREPEROUS GLEE to NAKED TERROR."
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American Songwriter Magazine
"Olney Unbound... part Baptist PREACHER, part caustic COMEDIAN, and part existential BLUESMAN...Olney shouted, moaned and howled his SHARPLY OBSERVED HARD-LUCK TALES and quirky character studies."
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MTV's Urge.com
"Olney's that rare singer/songwriter who can adopt the gravelly voice, dabble in myriad old-timey music styles ranging from honky-tonk to Tin Pan Alley and actually make it work. THINK TOM WAITS."
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Creative Loafing (Tampa, FL)
"I saw Olney playing at a festival this spring and thought he looked like a FEDORA-SPORTING, fiftysomething HIGH-SCHOOL PRINCIPAL who'd SUDDENLY GONE BERSERK and was using his acoustic guitar like it was a weapon. Love this crazy guy, LOVE THIS RECORD."
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Jeff Spevak, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (NY)
"Rugged, literate, ambitious and playfully creative...WHEREVER OLNEY GOES, HE GOES COMPLETELY. By all means, ALLOW HIM TO TAKE YOU ALONG."
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Jim Musser, Iowa Press-Citizen
"Olney stands out LIKE A JALEPENO IN A BOWL OF VANILLA PUDDING in Nashville...'Sweet Poison' is a shot of rockabilly so stout it should make most of the current crop of pompadoured fakers sell their instruments and go back to 40-hour weeks at Burger King...a TRUE GENIUS of American song."
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William Michael Smith, Houston Press (TX)
"Olney is a veteran songwriters whose skill with turning a
phrase and delivering it with WHOLEHEARTED GUSTO is
MATCHED BY FEW, EVEN IN NASHVILLE."
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The Tennessean
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