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The (Triangle) Blues Society's Randy Stoltz ....has been paying attention ever since. "If you have seen Daniel play, you know he is the real deal and has blues in his soul," says Stoltz, adding a half-dozen more words that capture Ballinger as sound bite: "He lives and breathes the blues." Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin - Exerpt from Blues Review - "To me the most exciting, most promising hope for the survival of the blues is the large number of talented and dedicated young blues musicians that I meet on the road. Teenagers like........ guitarist Daniel Ballinger in North Carolina." Don Wilcock - King Biscuit Times - January, 2004 - "....The Sho' Nuff Real Mississippi Blues of Daniel "Slick" Ballinger.." (article in the January 2004 King Biscuit Times Magazine). Scott Baretta - former editor of Living Blues Magazine - " A natural" bobweinberg.com - January 6, 2004 - "This year's blues fest was also notable for introducing South Florida to 19-year-old, Mississippi-based country-blues stomper Slick Ballinger, whose talent is raw but undeniable." Bob Weinberg - City Link Magazine - "....country-blues stomper Slick Ballinger, whose talent is raw but undeniable...." Daniel Roth - Santa Monica, CA - "...I too was really impressed with him. I second the notion - keep your eye on him. He will be playing again at Otha's picnic. Watching Otha dance, I mean really dance to Slick's playing was a sight to behold!" |
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LaJuan Tallo, News Editor, The Democrat -Senatobia, MS - "...Daniel "Slick" Ballinger, an 18 year old blues prodigy from Raleigh, N.C...." Michael Donahue. GoMemphis News - Memphis, TN - "Deep in the blues a Guy called 'Slick' slides his way into the music...." CityLink Magazine - ".... Country-blues stomper Ballinger, 19,..... accompanies himself on acoustic or National steel guitars, furiously snapping strings and buzzing them with a slide...." The Chicago Sun Times - April 8, 2004 -" The Blues Had A Baby" "Undoubtedly the only working bluesman to have "Eagle Scout as of 9/11/02" on his business card ...." Amanda B. Smith, Staff Writer, Garner News, Garner, NC - "The blues move this 16-year-old musician. Daniel Ballinger wants nothing more in life than to play and sing the Mississippi Delta blues...." Jimmy Gibbs, The Durham Herald "...Keep his name in mind because before long he will be a headliner at a festival soon." David Menconi, The News & Observer - "You should catch Daniel while you can. After he graduates from high school, Daniel plans to move to Mississippi, Johnson's old stomping grounds. Mississippi, he says, is "where the blues are still alive." Tweed, The Memphis Expedition - "....vocal sound and holds it for about fortyfive seconds and makes the crowd go nuts. Good stuff! Hope somebody finds him and gives him a chance at something..." Si Cantwell, Star News - "....And it’s great to see an amazing young North Carolinian earn a shot at national recognition." For Booking
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