JOHN LONG "LOST & FOUND" Source: Down Beat Magazine Date: 03/2006 Writer: Frank-John Hadley

Unknown outside Missouri, Long renders his songs on the road, strained relationships, romance as rejuvenator and lousy luck in general with a self-possession and an unadorned directness that heralds his first record as the most pleasing from an old-school acoustic blues performer in the past year. His highly personal way with “Healin’ Tough” and “Foot Stompin’ Daddy” gives them a real-life shimmer. The only help this singer-guitarist-harp player needs finding the way comes from pianist Fred Kaplan.