SOME QUOTES FROM THE PRESS:
- "...not just another banjo-banger ... a consummate acoustic
musician. In Arizona, Joe Bethancourt is arguably the acoustic
musician."
-Larry Jolly: ACOUSTIC MUSICIAN
- "Bethancourt is a traditional musician and raconteur, or
storyteller, whose one man show is an acoustic review thru
stringed-music history and a trip thru America's own rural
and rustic past...some of the songs are associated with the
instruments he uses to play them, but not all are tied into
rural and early American traditions."
-Tod McCoy: MESA TRIBUNE
- ".... a consummate acoustic instrumentalist .... his mastery of
each instrument is impressive."
-Dean Rhodes: PHOENIX GAZETTE
- " If Arizona wants a .... music laureate, Joe Bethancourt is
a leading candidate .... a solidly entertaining troubador...(his)
music is all the more special."
-Patricia Johnson: ARIZONA LIVING
- ".... a walking folk music library .... an active repitoire that
includes more than one thousand tunes."
-Jeff Hood: FRETS
- "My personal favorite picker is Joe Bethancourt ...."
-Don Dedera: ARIZONA HIGHWAYS
- ".... probably one of the best banjo-pickers in the country ....
his voice is as versatile as his manual dexterity.."
-Sam Lowe: PHOENIX GAZETTE
- ".... plays with tremendous proficiency ...."
-Jim Zelisko: PHOENIX MAGAZINE
- ".... an expressive performer .... masterly banjo frailing ....
a hit with the audience."
-Andrew Means: PHOENIX GAZETTE
- ".... a gentle man of extraordinary talent .... a virtuoso ...."
-James M. Crane: NEW TIMES
- ".... one to treasure .... the cream of musicians to matriculate
from Appalachian ancestry ...."
-Sandra Lovejoy: KNIX Radio
- ".... a first-rate comedian .... a lively, enjoyable alternative."
-Steve Hallock: PHOENIX GAZETTE
- "It's refreshing to find a continually popular entertainer such as
Joe Bethancourt .... damned entertaining, and very likely a quite
unique musician ...."
-Joe Kullman: NEW TIMES
- ".... best singer of this, or any other, year ...."
-Kyle Lawson: PHOENIX GAZETTE
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