What the Word is on Douglas Clegg
"A healthy dose of humor...a smooth, mid-range voice that doesn't strain for notes and is under control even in pianissimo passages...an adept multi-instrumentalist...Just plain good music, performed well and without gimmicks." - The Boston Globe
"Clegg plays multiple instruments with entitled panache and winking humor....superb!" - Los Angeles Times
"Intense and sincere. His singing, especially, comes from so deep down; emotionally, it's very satisfying...Plays like lightning, sings like thunder." - Marilyn Rea Beyer , WUMB Radio
"Douglas Clegg is one tall drink of water. Fine show of stories, songs, and fiddle tunes---real live fiddle, no less! A lot of fun to work with." - Patty Larkin
"Clegg does everything but set himself on fire....and (his) writing is excellent -- focused, understandable, and universal -- a refreshing change...Highly recommended." - Victory Review, Seattle, Washington
"Rich in lyrical detail and instrumental precision, his songwriting is solid. Clegg also knows when to have some rollicking fun..." - Dirty Linen
"...the skilled Doug Clegg, as inventive as a scatting jazzman as he is on fiddle, mandolin, keyboards and guitar." - Santa Barbara Independent
"Doug Clegg is a tall, curly-blond with a gentle soul...full of well-written songs." - Sing Out! Magazine
"Doug is a wonderful songwriter with a great sense of tradition." - Bill Staines
"Clegg demonstrates a maturity of sound that comes only with time, both in the writing and the musicianship." - New Hampshire Sunday News
"Talented with guitar, fiddle, accordion... and a wry sense of humor." - Richard Binder, Nashua Telegraph
"Good stuff! Good album!" - John Davis, KPFK - FM
"Thoughtful, insightful, intelligent...eerily reminiscent of Gordon Lightfoot." - Charles Dodson, Portsmouth Magazine
"Smooth, clear voice..." - Portsmouth Herald
"Clegg understands how to craft as well as to play music in the troubador tradition." - Dirty Linen Magazine
"Gran trabajo, realmente bueno e interesante." - Jose Luis Bueno, Radio Programmer, Cadiz, Spain, on Light Of The World
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