Jake Boyle:
“F***ing incredible!”
Geno Washington:
“Don’t change sh**!”.
Paul Dunton:
“Nick Stephens gave an assured display of his versatile melancholic guitar sonnets. This was an intriguing set from Nick as he serenely meandered through his emotive melodies. Nick’s material is intimate yet full of expression, honest and heartfelt. He then covered ‘Johnny B Goode’ and with no fuss whipped the audience into a sing-a-long frenzy. In the blink of an eye he then seduced the audience back into a state of serenity with his wonderfully ambient ‘Supernaturalness’. Marvellous!”
Landlord-Anchor Sevenoaks:
“People were talking about it for long time afterwards…You were burning…Top notch”
Another quote from the Grey Lady music lounge:
“Nick Stephens gave a fantastic showing of his eclectic blues laced acoustic melodies. Nick was joined by Joe Williams on drums and it really worked. The melodies retained their expressive texture but appeared snappier and funkier as they were driven on by the creative Williams pulse. Top stuff!”
Catering manager-solo gig at the Walnut Tree in Yalding:
“I thought it was a band”
Some generous comparisons where you could sort of see where they were coming from:
Promoter/producer of the Living Room Group of Venues
“Seasick Steve”
Prohibition bar, London
“Jeff Buckley”
Mike Wilton (Standard Lamps)
“David Byrne”