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Written by JOHNNY CASH ©December 1992
This was written by the late Johnny Cash for the CD booklet of the album Rhythm Oil
©Cash/Messer/Clarke/Taylor 1992

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This was an excellent performance by Michael Messer & Ed Genis.
 Two musicians at the top of their game
Bill Smith – Blues In Britain - February 2007

On some tracks super guitar player Messer is the equal of Ry Cooder
Marc Nolis - Mazz Musikas - January 2007

This track….just excellent…this is called Lucky Charms
Mark Lamarr – BBC Radio 2 – July 2006

Michael Messer's approach to his music isn't just idiosyncratic,
it's a whole personal blues genre.
Nigel Rose – BLUES MATTERS! - June '06

If Beck & Nick Cave ever had a love-child, it would be Michael Messer.
His use of modern music composition blends so perfectly with the
Rhythm & Blues beats that it's a surprise nobody has melded the
two to this extreme before. This does for Rhythm & Blues what Jamie
Cullum has done for jazz.
GK - The Works - Jan '06

Knife Song comes across like a demented out-take from Exile On Main Street
and things get seriously swampy on Take Me Back, while Steve Cropper, an homage
to the great soul guitarist, actually comes across sounding not unlike Dire Straits.
Messer dazzles on the slide throughout
HMV Choice - Mar '06

This fine piece of work manages to be both respectful & groundbreaking!
C.S. - The Sun - Feb '06

Havana Blues could have been from Moby at his best, but I prefer the opening
title track and the repetitive Take Me Back. Lucky Charms is an indispensable CD
for those wondering what future blues might sound like.
Antoine Légat - Bobtje Blues - Mar '06

Michael Messer and his ensemble were very much the cherry on the cake,
a truly awesome live band. Its the genuine article. From the opening whistle the
chuffing slide guitar delivers stand up feelgood blues with the ghosts of the blues forefathers
ever present lurking in the background courtesy of some very clever sampling,
a little English quirkiness with a tinge of Mississippi essence. What a wonderful flavour!
Then there is the sound of the National steel, Wow vintage new blues.
Don't miss this train, it could be the journey of your dreams!
Simon A Rowan - AMAZON.CO.UK customer - Feb '06

Lucky Charms, is a sharp elbow to the ribs of a genre where there are many legends
 much skill, but few surprizes. It's fresh and colourful, yet Messer and his Second Mind Band
sound as if they were recorded by some 'collector'
on a Southern cotton picker's front porch and archived for posterity in a sepia photograph.
Keep an open mind - you'll be intrigued and captivated. I can't imagine anyone with a blues soul
and a beating heart not being blown away by Messer's Lucky Charms.
Play the album loud and listen how the individual parts are put together to make
this stunning Second Mind Band whole.
Sue Cavendish - NetRhythms -  May '06

This album, Lucky Charms, is like a slightly rawer Gomez. A little folk,
a little country but with a strong sense of confidence, a real swagger.
It’s not something you usually hear. Far from it. It’s very, very good.
New Noise - Dec '05

Michael Messer is a virtuoso slide guitarist who has one of the best bands
performing some of the greatest blues tunes produced this century.
His playing encompasses the entire history of the blues but is totally individual and contemporary.
His use of turntables in the band adds a new element to the music.
Michael’s haunting vocals ooze authenticity and integrity.
The American magazine, ‘Spirit’ listed Michael as one of the greatest slide guitarists
ever, alongside Duane Allman and Ry Cooder. This praise is
wholly justified and the live experience of the Michael Messer Band
will be one of the high spots of the festival. Do not miss this one!
Dave Tracey - (International Guitar Festival of Great Britain '05)

The 17th International Guitar Festival of Great Britain was opened
by one of the best guitarists in the world. Michael’s self-deprecating
manner and pure musicianship shine naturally, a master of his instrument, his
music almost creating a genre of his own. If you need to look for analogies there is
much here; not just Duane Allman and Ry Cooder, try Moby, Little Axe, even Brian Jones.
With possibly two of the best guitar albums of the 21st century to his credit, ‘King Guitar’
and ‘Second Mind’ - Michaels playing will become legendary.
Michael Messer is the most important British blues guitarist of the modern era.
Mike C - (International Guitar Festival of Great Britain 05)

The concert it was a sublime blend of blues styles delivered within a package that
was entirely their own. Clever stuff really as the brilliance of Michael's work was fully
matched by the innovation and creative flare of the band. One thing worth
stating is don’t ignore the vocals because Michael's voice is great and within
the context of the songs he created a dark and powerful edge to the proceedings.
T Sal - (International Guitar Festival of Great Britain 05)

Michael Messer is probably the best thing to happen to the blues since that
sad day R.L. Burnside abandoned his guitar in his manager's office.
Don't believe me? Go and see him live; acoustic or with his Second Mind band.
His electric slide guitar weaves and duels with the sampling and scratching from young
Louie Genis's turntable and collection of old blues vinyl. This is contemporary blues with
its heart in US delta country and urban Chicago, but here's something going on that makes
the hairs stand up on the back of your neck......here we have guitar blues at
it's most skilful, melodic and creative with the deepest of blue roots.
Messer and band rocked us and rolled us through an awesome set.
Sue Cavendish - NetRhythms - July '04

Moby eat your heart out. 
Second Mind is the best British blues album of the 21st century so far.
What's On London - Jan '03

Michael Messer is one of the most important bluesmen in Britain and mightily relevant throughout the blues world.
 He has progressed from being an excellent technician - on the National Steel especially, to being in the vanguard 
of the 21st century blues. And that doesn't mean he has forsaken traditional values either.  
 A beautiful amalgam of history and foresight; musicality and grit; blues, boogie and beats - 
Second Mind is a work of near genius. 
Joe Cushley - Blues Matters! - Oct' 02

A welcome reissue of the ground-breaking British blues guitarist's 1995 album,
MOONbeat, which was the precursor to his more high profile sets, King Guitar
& Second Mind.  By far the most intriguing item is the six minute closer medley;
Robert Johnson's Wake/Up Jumps The Devil - This is improvisational
experimentation at its boldest, but Messer never loses sight of his music's
roots, and the song closes out with the sampled voice of Robert Johnson himself,
still getting the message across nearly 70 years after his mysterious demise. To conclude,
MOONbeat  is an extraordinary, innovative album that deserves to be heard.
Jeremy Isaac - Maverick magazine - June '04

Accompanied by the brilliant Ed Genis, he paid awesome homage to the great American
blues masters from pre-war Mississippi delta to post-war Chicago. With “a steel rod,
a piece of glass and some flat copper” he caressed and bent the strings of his vast array
of guitars to generate some of the most memorable blues I’ve ever heard, never once
letting his expertise eclipse the spirit of the songs. His vocals were superb.
Jackie Larmour - Aldershot News - Feb '04

It was refreshing to see British bluesman Michael Messer bringing his frightening guitar
skills to WOMAD on Saturday. Messer was at his best singing his own songs,
especially Locomotive Skin and Hummingbirds in my Soul (which feature
on his acclaimed album Second Mind). One thing is for sure, Messer
can play a damn good slide guitar and is unique in his ability to play both Chicago
and delta licks, to a little Hawaiian slide and then back to huge runs of notes
that make your hair stand on end. Messer deserves credit for
his unique take on American blues as an historical treasure
trove and his cerebral and fun show can be locomotive
to my party any day.
Geff Cowart - Reading Chronicle -July '04

The April 2003 edition of Spirit magazine, Michael Messer is listed along with
Ry Cooder & Duane Allman as one of the world's top ten leading slide players ever

Who'd have thought that one of our fave blues albums of the year would have come from this side of the pond?
Messer can handle a slide guitar like a true 1920s hero, but Second Mind is more than that: it's an old-meets-nu
blues tour de force that gives full reign to our man's love of pop, rock and, frankly, spooky shit. Electric guitars 
rage over loop/dub backdrops, lovely, liquid acoustic figures recall slide kings of yore, vocals plumb the dark 
side like Tom Waits or Johnny Dowd, the band swerve from boogie to funk to ambient with nonchalant ease
 - and it all hangs together just right. 
Guitar Magazine UK - Albums of the Year 2002

We loved Michael’s last album with Catfish and here he comes again BUT this is different! 
 There’s super playing and very modern feel that is disarming in it’s charm. Do we like it? Oh yes!!!
 This man’s skill is unquestionable, this album is markedly different to his last release and 
shows off new territory that works well in this 21st Century.’
Ponch’ - Blues Matters! Nov' 02

Michael's own seriously stunning musicianship dazzles on every cut.
The mere appearance of scratching on a blues album might seem heresy to purists, but it's saying  
something for Michael's skill that it's selectively and intelligently used and not remotely out of place.
 In the end, then, if you want a blues-based album that's full of excellent playing, yet startlingly original 
and refreshingly different, then don't "messeround", check Second Mind out pronto! 
David Kidman - NetRhythms Nov' 02

An outing of remarkable verve, taste and originality from one of the UK's premier bottleneck-botherers -
 and better than 95 per cent of the USA's current nickel-plated blues output. 
 Messer's playing is as fab' as ever, his vocals are reaching new, convincing heights and the lyrical 
twists add a dimension rare in modern rootsy Americana. (4 stars ) 
Rick Batey - GUITAR magazine UK Nov' 02

If last year's King Guitar opened the ears to the slide guitar talents
of the UK's Michael Messer, Second Mind will confirm him as an artist of considerable merit. Recorded
(mostly) live in the studio with his regular band, it features 12 cuts that take his masterful old-style electric & 
acoustic playing into new directions.  Refreshingly innovative yet authentic. ( 4.5 stars )
Dave Burrluck - GUITARIST magazine UK Nov' 02

There’s a feel of being on the street in Clarksdale, Messer’s vocals drifting in & out....then 
you hit the killer smooch of Tail Feather Blues, a Green Onions riff attacked 
 from behind by DJ scratching as Messer’s slide duels with harmonica.
 Dark & Demonic. ( 4 stars ) 
Nick Dalton - Maverick magazine UK Nov' 02

I just bought a copy of 'Second Mind' and without a doubt it's one of the most interesting 
and diverse albums of the year so far. 
AMAZON.CO.UK - customer review Nov'02

Second Mind - lemme tell ya.....this album rocks! If you like your blues
steeped in tradition, but twisted right up to date in a variety of creative & diverse guises, this is for you.
Gibson Keddie - GEAR magazine UK Nov'02

Michael Messer has now moved up a league into Sonny Landreth territory; 
Second Mind is an award-winner in the making.
Cilla Huggins – Juke Blues Nov '02

"In the hands of Jerry Douglas, Michael Messer, Sonny Landreth & Stacy Phillips,
the resophonic guitar has journeyed light years from its country/blues roots."
Paul Alcantara - Guitar Buyer magazine - Dec 2002

"I can well understand Michael's mighty reputation as the current king 
of slide playing in this country. I haven't heard anything as lyrical and
as perfect in a long time"
Blues Alive - Sept 2002

"....and the inventive slide-guitar stylings of Michael Messer, who gives 
Sonny Landreth a marathon for his money on King Guitar" 
Tony Russell - MOJO magazine - May 2001

"....it's Messer's vocals which are the real revelation: heartfelt and pained,
 full of trial and struggle just like the best blues. If he were American he'd be right behind 
Eric Bibb & Alvin Youngblood Heart in the hipness sweepstakes."
Sid Griffin - Q magazine/The Long Ryders - June 2001

I haven't heard anything as lyrical and as 'perfect' in a long time. I can well understand 
Michael Messer's mighty reputation as the current king of slide playing in this country."
Blues Alive - August 2002

Michael Messer is an unavoidable force in modern blues.
 His recent Catfish release, King Guitar, is a product of magical intensity and will.
If Albert Collins’ Ice Pickin’ reacquainted the world with the blues in the 1970’s, then
 King Guitar has met a new century with style, grace,  and a new, colorful direction for the music.
Alan Jones - All About Jazz - Nov 2001

"It's best of the best time as the UK's premier National & slide guitarist releases a collection of his greatest songs to date.
Messer's charisma stems just as much from the swing and life - and sometimes downright weirdness- 
he injects into his playing and songs as from his unsurpassable technical skills. 
The title track, King Guitar, lists many of the greats of the instrument
that we all love, but he's far too modest to put himself amongst them - his only oversight".
The Guitar Magazine - March 2001

"The title track, King Guitar, for example, written by Messer's song-writing partner Terry Clarke,
is a Brit slice of modern John Hiatt/Bonnie Raitt, punctuated with vibrant and juicy electric slide."
Dave Burrluck - Guitarist magazine - May 2001

"Every once in a while a disc falls into the mailbox that practically leaves a writer speechless.
 Michael Messer, Britain's resident slide guitar wizard, if there ever was one, travels a path that
 almost  defies description. Make no mistake, blues is at the core of this 70-plus minute ride of absolutely
 stunning bottleneck styles. This excellent disc deserves a wide audience."
Craig Ruskey - Blues On Stage / Blues Access - June 2001

The audience sat in rapt silence hanging on to every chord whilst classics such as 
Robert Johnson’s ‘Rollin & Tumblin’ and 'Walkin' Blues’ followed by one of the best versions I have 
heard of ‘Diving Duck’ since Taj Mahal in the 60’s. 
 The audience were on their feet roaring their approval.
Tony Pugh - Blues In Britain - Feb '03

Amongst many, the set closed with two particular highlights. The most prominent scratching of the set from
Louie Genis and a bottom string riff anchored “Bluer Than Blue”. The tune wound down with Ed, Louie and
Michael jamming loosely to fade. “King Guitar” morphed into “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”.
An encore rendered “Driving Wheel” and, from the same beat the Stones stole and rolled with, 
echoing “Tumblin’ Dice”, “Love”. “Love” yields the line 
“Its true dead men cannot talk, but I swear I heard them sing."
 In the soupy mix of Michael Messer and the Second Mind Band I heard them too. 
Frank Franklin - Blues In Britain - Feb' 2003

"We couldn't help but turn up the stereo, not wanting to miss a single note of some
of the best slide guitar we've heard in years. This is a CD you'll be playing over and over.
The title track "King Guitar" pays homage to likes of  Tampa Red, Lonnie Mack, Jimmy Vaughn 
and Johnny Winter,  the rest of the CD proves Messer's name deserves to be added to that list.
This album should be a strong contender for the blues album of the year
& is a must buy for any music lover."
Nathan Face & Steam - Blues4u.com - May 2001

"You can almost hear the devilish grin in Messer’s lighthearted vocals as he
 demonstrates  his lauded talents on the steel guitar. 
This affable affair is spirited and lively; it’ll be stuck in your head 
 long after the train has left the station".
Deborah Russell – MUSICBLITZ.com - April 2001

"This album ( King Guitar ) contains so many variations that to review each track
would take too many columns here. Suffice to say that this is a terrific 
collection of material. Michael is a master of styles and this CD is
a joy to hear. It gets better every time you listen to it as you will 
always hear something you missed last time and say to yourself - wow that's different!"
Alan Pearce - Blues Matters! - March 2001

 "Rising Sun Blues" is arranged for just voice and electric guitar, and it is a tour de force of the best kind.
 Messer's chordal work is spine-tingling, and, in his single lines, he worries single notes 
until every last bit of nuance is wrung out of them."  
Joe Milazzo - All About Jazz - May 2001

" The album, King Guitar,  is an assured blend of blues, country and original material,
 in a diverse range of settings, featuring the steel guitar. Styles range from the back-country
 acoustic slide of "Rollin 'n' Tumblin'" and his own haunting "Crow Blues", to the thick river-silt 
texture of "Rising Sun Blues" and the title track, where he sounds like a more focused Sonny Landreth. 
Though clearly captivated by the sounds of slide and bottleneck guitar blues, Messer is not in thrall to 
original recordings, and he looks at genre standards from new angles:
"Right Hand Road", a rerouting of "Brownsville Blues", opens on primeval chanting and percussion,
 while "Diving Duck" winds its way to a Zairian guitar coda.
 There's enough skill and imagination  on display here to fire half-a-dozen albums."
 Tony Russell - Amazon.co.uk - June 2001

"Michael Messer's acoustic work is his most special. He approaches Roy Acuff's "Steel Guitar Blues" 
almost from the perspective of the first bottleneck guitar players like Casey Bill Weldon and Kokomo Arnold.
 The sense of melancholy this brings to this old showcase piece is both entirely traditional and utterly fresh.
"Moonbeat" is a classic blues tale of  love in vain that evokes Bukka White's "Sky Songs" in its metaphors;
 Messer's guitar sounds limpid, cloudy at first, slowly becoming more and more penetrating, 
like the chill of the night about which he's singing."  
Joe Milazzo - All About Jazz - May 2001

"There's something fun and catchy about Michael Messer's eclectic album, King Guitar.
His acoustic slide guitar is the epitome of taste on the lovely "Crow Blues" 
and the happy, upbeat "Steel Guitar Blues."  The twists and turns of King Guitar
 keep the listener alert, wondering what interesting arrangement will show up on the next cut.
For blues fans looking for an eclectic touch, King Guitar delivers and then some."
Ronnie D Lankgford Jr - All Music. com

"His interpretation of Furry Lewis' 'Right Hand Road', is one of the most unusual
that I have ever heard. He has a very personal, often delicate,
 slide touch & his vocals throughout are sincere & honest. 
I am certain King Guitar will have a wide appeal"
Bob Tilling - Blues & Rhythm - June 2001

"Always good to hear musicians who haven't played themselves into a corner,
plus...he's an outstanding acoustic slide player"
CJ Holley - Get Rhythm - May 2001

The American debut album for England’s Michael Messer is a masterful 
achievement combining his love of American pre-war Delta blues, Chicago stylings,
 and his love of folk and world beats.
"Not one to miss out on, Messer’s work is innovative while clinging to tradition.
His outlook takes unique musical turns incorporating all of the musical forms that have
touched his soul or turned his heart throughout his lifetime. Hear his love of pre-war players,
 his penchant for combining electric blues, his aching for country and world spirituality in music,
 and his timely production skills in one fell swoop with this biscuit.
 Messer has climbed to new musical heights with this release, King Guitar."
Mark A Cole - Big City Blues - June 2001

 “Mr. Messer's arrangement of "Diving Duck" is one of the best I've heard!” 
Ken Bays - Blues Revue - May 2001

" This is one of the finest guitar based  blues & roots  acts in the world." 
Time Out - London

"He's one of England's most respected slide guitarists, yet Michael Messer is all but unknown in the States. 
If there's any justice, that will change with the release of his first album with U.S. distribution, King Guitar.
 "Drivin' Wheel Blues Part 1" is a full-band slow-burn that builds in intensity as Messer  sings 
wryly about not being able to sound like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf "or even Bruce Springsteen."
Blues Revue - From the Blues Revue website - June 2001

This U. S. release of King Guitar promises to take care of Messer's anonymity problem.
 The slide work throughout  King Guitar is as refined as it is raw. 
"Robert Johnson's Wake"  follows blues back to its tribal roots. 
Brian Beatty – Blues Revue – September 2001

"Throughout the album there are some very, very imaginative arrangements....make 
sure you give this set a listen - then buy it." - Rating - 9.
Norman Darwen - Blueprint - April 2001

He's one hell of a slide player!”
Bill Wilson - Billtown Blue Notes, Williamsport, PA - May 2001

Slidin' out his debut North American release, English blues man Michael Messer 
shows off his mastery and his love for the slide guitar. Michael takes
 us on a slide guitar odyssey as he flawlessly moves from the screamin' Lone Wolf Blues 
to the softer feel of Crow Blues and Drivin' Wheel Blues Part Two. The upbeat title
 tune King Guitar, pays homage to many of the blues greatest guitar players
 and leave no doubt about what a lad growing up in the U.K. was listening to
and being inspired by in his formative years. I really loved the spooky sounds
 of Robert Johnson's Wake, a great swampy delta feel. 
 If you like Roy Rogers, you'll love Michael Messer! 
I thoroughly enjoyed the disc and Michael's wonderful mastery of the slide guitar. 
My guess is if it has strings, Michael can bend them. Great stuff. 
Larry Lisk – presenter of "Blues Lover" WMNF 88.5 FM, Tampa, Florida
Reviewed by Larry Lisk for The Sun Coast Blues Society  -  May 2001

 “I just got the new Michael Messer release "King Guitar." 
 After listening to it once, I became an instant fan.
  The CD has been added to my playlist and 
I did a feature on it this morning on my blues show.”
Jim Vergeldt - WXOU 88.3 FM, Rochester, Michigan - May 2001  

"Michael Messer is King Guitar - from string bending electric, cool, urban blues,
through red-blooded funk.....to the best National Steel slide guitar this side of the big pond. 
The blues is a genus of music generally best experienced 'live'. King Guitar is an exception -
from a musician's musician. It's an absolute essential for lovers of blues and guitar gods! Superb!"
Sue Cavendish - Net Rhythms - July 2001

British slide guitar genius and US blues chart topper Michael Messer performed
the devil's music at its most sublime.  Deftly accompanied by acoustic rhythm guitarist Ed Genis,
 Messer's acoustic steel guitars  and slides rolled and tumbled, wailed and howled through an
 evening of Messer's own  tuneful compositions and some delicious homages to past blues masters.
Messer's playing marries delicate precision with stormy passion (and humour) as he sings
 those tales so appropriate to the blues genre: trouble and loss, lonely nights, black birds and troubled spirits.
 All were mighty forces conjured up as he stroked and bent those steel strings.
Sue Cavendish - Net Rhythms - March 2002

“What I hear here is the real thing. Bare-bones blues gut-bucket rural rock.
Rhythm Oil carried me away to a long time ago, down a delta dirt road to a
land of my musical good-old-daysing”.
Johnny Cash - Dec 1992

What do you think of when you hear the names J.B. Hutto, Dave Hole and Sonny Landreth,
 great slide guitar players? Now you can add another name to that list, Michael Messer.
 Fans in the UK have recognized Messer as one the world's great National Steel 
players for well over a decade, now with the release of "King Guitar,
 Messer should break through in the North American market. Composed of 
17 superb tracks including 10 original compositions, the album showcases Messer's blues
 recordings and interpretations leaving no doubt as to why he merits an entry in
 the Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. Messer combines elements of Hawaiian slide guitar, 
Delta and Chicago blues with gritty, heartfelt vocals to create an all around great album for any music lover.
 I couldn't help but turn up the stereo up, not wanting to miss a single note of some of the
 best slide guitar I've heard in years. This is a CD you'll be playing
 over and over and should be a strong contender for the Blues
 album of the year and a must buy for any music lover.
Best Blues Release of the Year?, May 21, 2001
Reviewer: Blues4U from Ottawa, Canada

I just picked up this album having read the interview with Michael in the blues section of Amazon web site. 
I was blown away by it. Michael Messer is one of the best guitarists ever to have come out of the UK, no question.
 He's made an album which draws on traditional blues whilst pulling in a wide variety of other styles
 and blending it all together seamlessly. His sound is fresh, and as for his guitar work it's inventive and unique.
 I am delighted I bought it and can't wait to hear what this guy puts together for his next outing,
 I'd wholeheartedly recommend it.
One of the finest slide men I've ever heard...31 October, 2001
Amazon.co.uk customer review

Michael Messer Band was next on stage with a heavier sound but this genius of slide guitar
 also played homage to blues roots. By using his mastery of many different slide guitar
styles and amalgamating them he produces a great new sound, backed by a very able band.
Most of the songs were from his new album with Catfish records "King Guitar"
 which is a collection, that really shows what the man can do.
Hugh Beverton - Maryport Festival 2001

"Rhythm Oil .....Rocking country in various styles from driving country blues to
Tex Mex to modern kick ass rockabilly. This fine album, originally released by a
small independent label in 1993 is the best album Joe Ely never released!"
Martin Whittle - Free Country - 1998

“The superb Robert Johnson’s Wake and Riverboat... like Daniel Lanois with 
attitude, showing how much he moves with the times”.
Neil Reid - CyberScot.- 1997

“It did not take long for the audience to realize that it was in for a
spectacular treat. Messer is an artist in every facet of his music. His
personality is magnetic, and his remarks to the audience were witty and
informative. His guitar playing was faultless and his vocals were amazing.
What a performance!”
Tony Madison - Country Music People - 1996

“An outstanding distillation of blues and contemporary music”.
Colin Larkin -  The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues - 1996

“This album epitomizes the state of British musicianship and creativity in the
field of what might euphemistically be called blues. The most
interesting diversity of slide guitar, blues and rhythm influences put
together since CD was invented .... coupled with some very original ideas”.
Richard Atherton - NITUK - 1995

“Contender for top album of the year. Robert Johnson meets Van Morrison at
Johnny Cash’s favourite bar. Rhythm Oil is mighty dirty music with steel
guitar and accordion... 
The dirtiest, loudest country blues album of all time!”
Nick Dalton - Sunday Express / Country Music Int - 1993

“Michael Messer is The Man as far as slide playing is concerned. If you want
to hear something that will really blow your mind, then listen to Worried Life
on the Rhythm Oil CD”.
Mark T -  Folk Roots - 1993

“The amazing Michael Messer plays nothing but National steel guitars. His
show covers a huge range of music... this man really knows his chosen
instrument, and has set out to show there is no limit to its use”.
Tony Slinger -  Venue Magazine - 1991

“Truly cosmopolitan, Slidedance is like nothing else I’ve heard this year. If
the blues had been the nursery of world music then the results could well have
sounded like Slidedance”.
Simon Jones -  Folk Roots - 1990

“To say that Messer is a slide guitarist is like describing Mother Theresa as
a nun! Slidedance is possibly the finest blues / world music album of the
year. One of the best slide guitarists Britain has ever produced”.
Jim Driver - Time Out Magazine - 1990

“Beautifully played.
 Diving Duck is the kind of album Ry Cooder should be making”.
Andrew Vaughan - Q Magazine / CMTV - 1988

“Michael Messer is one of the best exponents of the National steel and
Hawaiian guitar I have heard since the sixties”.
Tony Burke -  Blues and Rhythm Magazine - 1988

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