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| The Albuquerque Tribune Paul Maldonado |
"This St. Louis five-piece plays pop in the singer/songwriter tradition: An acoustic guitar supplies the rhythm, while an electric guitar takes the lead. Singing mostly love songs, yearning vocals often give way to two-part harmonies." |
| BULLZ-EYE.com Greg M. Schwartz |
"'Still' is an example of...contrast - the song starts off as a softer, adult-contemporary tune, but grows until Sarvies is belting it out at the end. 'Whisper' brings in a fully electrified sound and has some nice sparkly lead guitar melodies behind the vocals. This is a rarely employed tactic in pop rock these days, but well done here." |
| iChannel.com Rider |
"John Boy's Courage played all of your favorite songs from 'Indian Summer' to 'Wither'." |
| Lawrence.com | "The voice, the words, the quiet moments interspersed with full-on rock, the pop sensibilities-all of these will soon have you falling for John Boy's Courage." |
| Metromix.com Meaghan Anselm |
"This simple musician, armed with his guitar, has big plans with his band John Boy's Courage. The gang is surely on its way." |
| Music Snobbery.com Chris |
"CMJ Marathon 2007 Weird Band Name List ... " |
| PLAYBACK: stl - CD Release Preview Laura Hamlett |
"It's no coincidence the brand-new debut CD from STL super smooth pop-rockers John Boy's Courage is entitled The Fall Precaution...because "fall" is precisely what you're going to do when you listen to it." |
| PLAYBACK: stl - TFP Review Amanda Pelle |
"Listening to The Fall Precaution provokes sensations akin to the upsurge of serotonin into the bloodstream after a bout of ardent lovemaking." |
| PLAYBACK: stl - CMJ Review Laura Hamlett |
"An impassioned and emotionally raw acoustic perfromance." |
| The Riverfront Times Christian Schaeffer |
"Todd Sarvies, lead singer and songwriter for John Boy's Courage, has a voice made for modern-rock radio. His whisper-to-a-scream range can handle breathless confessionals and the occasional soul-unloading howl." |
| St. Louis Post Dispatch Kevin C. Johnson |
"Anguish rarely gets as good as it does on 'The Fall Precaution.' 'It became more of a pop album, which is fine,' says Sarvies. 'I'm not afraid of pop, and I like to think it's still singer-songwriter driven. That's where it's root and heart are.'" |
| St. Louis Post Dispatch - TNMS Preview Kevin C. Johnson |
"'We don't know of any other show or concept that's been around longer supporting the local scene and drawing this well.'" |
| St. Louis Sound Laura Hamlett |
"passionate and poetic, emotional and honest. His powerful vocals range from strong singing to whispers to screamed pleas; behind these are woven an interplay of guitars, bass, drums and piano. The music's pop-rock, AAA, radio-ready but utterly grounded, songs you can touch and feel and wrap around yourself." |
| The University Leader Hayley Charles |
"Hays is just one stop on a tour across the nation, John Boy's Courage hopes to impact many with this performance." |
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