" Lil' Choo-Choo Johnson, Bluesman is an entertaining, rock-'n'-rollin' ride through the history of Delta and Chicago blues! "
- Mark Hoffman, Co-author of Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf
" ... a captivating, entertaining read... It will surely be spellbinding to those just coming up in the blues... [The] best feature of this book is its historical accuracy. The reader's interest is held by the descriptive images and dialog of real blues folks. The reader gets an accurate account of all the greats. "
- Karen Nugent, President, Boston Blues Society
" ... a nimble history of the blues... designed to entertain, inform and spread the details of this bedrock style that lies at the heart of American popular music. It succeeds and then some. "
- Jim Santella, WBFO-FM 88.7, Buffalo's Home of the Blues
" This is a story that is so factual and close to home, that you believe that these events really occurred. Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, and all sorts of blues characters are brought to life in these pages. It is the story of a long, hard struggle of a young man to realize his talent... Loss and trouble find him, but he learns to shine through adversity. Easy to read and full of images that the blues aficionado can appreciate, Lil' Choo-Choo Johnson, Bluesman is a tribute to the growth of the Blues [and] its message of love, hope, and healing. "
- Diana Shonk, Publisher of Blues Audience newsletter www.bluesaudience.com