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Mike Boehm, The Los
Angeles Times, December 23, 1997 -
"Cowboy Buddha deals knowingly and intelligently with its source
material. They offer themselves as clear-eyed painters of the human
condition in all its manifestations. (The band) transposes a tremulous
plaint on the High Plains and succeeds in taking an intimate approach to the
sort of elegiac, western-myth-laden material that sounded forced in the
past."
John Brandon, The
Alt-Country Down Homepage, February 1999 -
"This California trio's self-produced effort has some interesting
alt-country melodies that sound like the first vestiges of the genre."
Andy Secher, Hit
Parader Magazine, 1998 -
"This eclectic band from that rock and roll hotbed of Orange County
manages to meld together such diverse elements as rock, blues and even a
touch of country into a seamless package. The group manages to avoid
hackneyed clichés and create some startlingly fresh sounds."
Independent Songwriters
Web-Magazine - July 1998 -
"We have included Cowboy Buddha in our 'Top 12 Independent Bands in the
US' feature. They offer a non-smorgasbord of delectable basic roots music
and uncluttered concepts married with open, tell-it-like-it-is songwriting…solid,
no-frills, roots music with direction"
Luke Music Magazine:
Leicester England - Summer 99 -
"Cowboy Buddha plays jagged roots rock with an urgent country rock feel
similar to, actually - how refreshing - I can't think of anyone! Their songs
tend to fall into several camps but mainly they're high and lonesome or
belligerent and pissed off, either of which work fine for me. Yet again,
another self released CD blows away the opposition. Rating: 8 out of
10."
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