...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