Peter Spencer: Press

"Everybody Danced" is as gloriously mournful a slice of modern folk-rock/Americana as has been heard this decade.

Peter's deep, soulful guitar is something you gotta hear.

I dig your style a lot as it reminds me of guys like Tom Rush or Dave Van Ronk, all those folk blues revivalists active in the sixties. You understand the blues tradition but make it sound fresh. Your guitar playing is elegant and tasty plus your vocals are deep and enjoyable. I like both albums very much!

Spencer writes highly creative lyrics set to catchy melodies on topics far removed from those trampled by most contemporary singer-songwriters. ‘Streets of Montreal’ should become an instant classic.

You’ll love this dinosaur.

Spencer’s smooth, fluid picking is syncopated and swinging, never flashy, and always the exact tensile strength to support the song. His voice (is) full and resonant, sweet and sad, strong and smart, tender, tough, and tuneful. This is a thoroughly satisfying record.

I’ve been waiting for this album for years. Finally Peter Spencer has got it down on a disc, and what a disc it is! Peter shows himself a first-rate songwriter, a superior singer, and a subtle and very accomplished guitarist.

Peter Spencer shows a maturity and depth in his songs that’s lacking in all too many today.

A seasoned professional (and) a gifted lyricist with a sharp eye. This is a sleeper of an album that grows on you with repeated listening. There’s something here for the singer-songwriter crowd, the blues crowd, and the No Depression/alternative-country crowd.

One of the great guitarists.

A gratifying disc of stripped-down acoustic blues. A founder of New York's Fast Folk Musicians cooperative in the 1980s, Spencer's singer-songwriter cred serves him well. While the disc's best songs — "Turn to Me" and the moody "Under the Mountain" — owe more to folk than blues, the Seattle-area guitarist also flashes some first-rate blues songs, including the title track, "Never Do Right" and "Root Man Blues." Tom Walz plays rollicking bass against Spencer's spare guitar and kicks in some fine blues harmonica, especially on "Look and See Blues" and "Little Walter Medley." Don't miss their folkie take on Miles Davis' "All Blues."