"Who’s playin’ that pianta? You play my shit good!"
- Muddy Waters
"Their just really isn't anyone else who can do what Barrelhouse Chuck does. He plays that real Chicago blues piano. I was surprised how good he can sing too."
- Kim Wilson 2007
"Can you leave tomorrow? I want you to join my band."
- Albert King (Seattle 1980)
"I wish my son could play like you."
- Willie Dixon
"Man I got's to have him in my band."
- Jimmy Rogers
"Chuck, you got that Chess sound."
- Bo Diddley
"Never in my whole life sence the early days at Chess have I heard or seen anyone play or sound like you!"
- Marshall Chess (2008)
"Thats great piano!"
- Bruce Springsteen (2008)
"Their isn't anyone else around who could have played that heavy pounding the blues on the piano, and on Chuck Berry's numbers."
- Steve Jordan (2008)
"Your a master on blues piano. The real deal."
- Jeffery Wright (2008)
"Oh man, Chuckie can play … he plays all my stuff, all of everybody else's, and then some of his own!"
- Pinetop Perkins
"I hear you man. You play your ass off. You faster than me, but I ain't affraid of ya!"
-Big Moose Walker
"Chuck is like my son. He carry's on my blues when he plays"
-Sunnyland Slim
"He is the best youngster at playing Chicago style blues"
-Little Brother Montgomery
"Barrelhouse is my favorite blues piano player."
- Erwin Helfer
"When Pinetop's gone it's just going to be Barrelhouse Chuck left.
-Piano Willie O'SHAWNEY
"Barrelhouse, you sound great."
- Dave Brubeck
"You bang that piano real nice."
- Albert Collins
" Of all the younger blues piano players, not only is he the greatest, but he is also liked and known by the great piano players. He’s like family to these people. The proper schooling has taken place."
- Billy Flynn
" I love the way you play the blues "
-Sonny Terry
25 years of Chicago Blues Piano. "Chuck really plays! Not a bad tune on the whole CD!"
- Sam Myers
"You've captured the true essence of the music and I know you're not copying anyone, it's just you now. I haven't enjoyed watching someone else so much in a long, long time!"
- Honey Piazza
"There may only still be a few piano players playing blues like this, but none with the heart and stamina and the breadth of styles – learned directly from the masters – of Barrelhouse Chuck. No one’s done his homework quite like Chuck, and unfortunately, no one ever can again."
- Justin O'Brien, Living Blues, Sep/Oct 2006
"Blues doesn't get anymore authentic than this!"
- David Adler Cultural Center
"Got My Eyes On You" Barrelhouse Chuck
Chuck's disc is a first rate Chicago blues CDs and those legendary cats give the best of them on every track. If you ask me, "Got My Eyes On You" has "traditional album of the year" written all over it, a winner in my book. The other thing that impressed me is the quality of Sirens' CDs - the cover is always stylish and sound quality is well above average, true audiophile releases!
As always it will be my pleasure to feature those two discs in my shows - rest assured that I will give this some heavy airplay. I'm sure my listeners will enjoy it as much as I do.
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© Przemek Draheim www.blues.pl/draheim draheim@blues.pl
Editorial reviews
...SALUTE TO SUNNYLAND SLIM will be a treat for traditional blues lovers, including straight-ahead Chicago blues, swinging jump blues, playful boogies, a jazzy shuffle, and a couple of mournful slow blues. Extra bonus track is worth the cost alone! A must for blues collectors and fans......a killer CD from beginning to end!
- Living Blues (07/01/1999)
Prescription For The Blues
With obvious pride, chuck Goering carries the torch for Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, Leroy Carr, and other revered figures of blues piano. Glad to say, he shows enough personality to avoid felony charges of mimicry when handling slow blues and romps associated with his mentors. And Chuck's a capable singer, at his most delightful in Sunnyland's inebriated "Barrelhouse Woman". Helfer, a former comrade-in-blues of Big Joe Williams, guests on three tracks, moving Chuck over to the churchy Farfisa organ for "Ain't Nobody's Business."
- Frank-John Hadley, DownBeat November 2002
"8 Hands on 88 Keys - Chicago Blues Piano Masters" (The Sirens Records www.thesirensrecords.com)
"It isn’t often that four Chicago piano virtuosos convene for a marathon recording session, but this one must have been a riot, judging by the sheer fervor of the performances. Each artist sounds utterly unlike the rest, with Barrelhouse Chuck laying down relentless boogie rhythms, Detroit Junior accompanying his fat chords with moans and cries, Pinetop Perkins luxuriating in unbelievably slow and sultry tempos and Erwin Helfer ripping through blues, boogie, and jazz numbers at a breakneck pace. Together, these great Chicago originals play down-home music that’s about as unvarnished as it gets."
- Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune March 3, 2002
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