"I could go all around the world and never find another piano player like David Vest." — Jimmy T99 Nelson

"One of the finest on the barrelhouse piano ... with a ferocity few possess." -- The Oregonian

"David Vest is the real thing." -- OPB's Art Beat. See it here.

"One of Houston's largely unrecognized musical geniuses ... he's got impeccable blues keyboard credentials." -- Roger Wood, author of Down in Houston, writing in 1998.

"An amazing piano player." -- Peter Stone Brown

"Baptized in the Blues" -- The CBA BluesNotes Cover Story

"Rock and roll for grown-ups." -- Jeffrey St. Clair

"If you ever get a chance to see Vest with the band or Vest alone, don't pass it up because it's a great show." -- Walla Walla Blues Society

"This disc is a must-have." -- The CBA review of Way Down Here

"One of the greatest living boogie-woogie pianists." -- Tom D'Antoni, pdx magazine