Sandy Bull
Comments from the Critics:

Sandy Bull's latest Vanguard record (Inventions) deserves to be placed
in a class and classification by itself, and whatever we name it, the term
must signify that Bull is one of the most talented, imaginative and
enchanting instrumentalists to have developed out of folk music!
--CHICAGO DAILY NEWS

He is playing music so unique to himself: an ethereal, vulnerable, often
melancholy sound, swinging but not pushy... expressive to a degree
few musicians have ever attained--SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
 

Only Sandy Bull, who was at Carnegie Recital Hall on Thursday
evening, would play an oud through a phase shifter or perform on
the Indian sarod a soul ballad composed by the Isley Brothers...
he builds swirling cascades of sound or picks out long melodies
that course freely across bar lines--NEW YORK TIMES

...a delightful and refreshing musical experience. He brings to his
music an innate musicality, a disarming charm and a simple
directness that communicates infectiously to the open minded
listener. In the spirit of youth he has found inspiration and
building material in the musical cultures of
non-Western peoples--AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

The compelling quality of his work, the breadth of his vision
and the purity of his spirit render him a must for all those
who really care--SOHO WEEKLY NEWS

He straddles all kinds of catagories but doesn't fit into
any single one... Bull is funky and touching and never lacks
for stylistic command--BOSTON GLOBE

Beyond eclecticism... into what could be called inner musical
space where diversely rooted forms and textures flow into and
out of each other, creating in the process new ways of
connecting, new spirals of cross influences, leading into
unexpectedly disclosed vaults of the senses where there
were further doors to be opened... --NAT HENTOFF

Sandy Bull played that night and he was magnificent. All by
himself on a six-string guitar... --BILL GRAHAM

We (Traffic) wanted to blend musics from all over the world...
Sandy Bull was a great influence because he did a song called
Blend, which was was really what we were interested in doing,
that same kind of thing... --STEVE WINWOOD

Incredible versatility on a variety of stringed instruments...Bull is
the best-kept secret in the business. --ALBQUERQUE JOURNAL

In a catagory by himself... --CASHBOX

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