...creative, innovative, passionate, electrifying, breath taking, imaginative, soulful, chaotic, mind boggling, over the edge, razor sharp, phenomenal. These are all words that have been used to describe Lurrie C. Bell. |
...you see Lurrie C. Bell knows no boundaries and accepts no limitations. |
- Jim Feeney, Big City Blues |
| ...he may be the greatest guitar player that ever lived. |
- Billy Branch |
| ...an eloquent guitarist with a sound and feel of his own. |
- Robert Palmer, Rolling Stone |
| ...I think he's the best guitar player in Chicago. |
- Bob Koester, Delmark Records |
| ...perhaps the most talented blues guitarist of his generation... |
...eclectic, accidental genius. |
- The Boston Phoenix |
| ...Lurrie Bell is a revelation. |
- Geoffrey Stokes, Village Voice |
| ...Lurrie Bell is to Chicago Blues today what Buddy Guy was in the fifties. He's that good. |
- Blues In The South |
| ...if there is one Chicago blues child who perhaps epitomizes the blues life, it's Lurrie Bell. |
...the premier guitarist in the Windy City. |
- Boston Blues News |
| ...Lurrie Bell is a Chicago blues enigma. |
- Ed Ivy, Blues Access Magazine |
| ...a magic vision that threatens to overwhelm but never does. |
...a haunted sense of obsession. |
- Living Blues Magazine |
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