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

"The pianist of record when Paul deLay passed, David Vest, kept the band intact, added the Texas Horns, and showed why he's one of the finest on the barrelhouse piano. His smoky vocals were tender and tough as needed, but he attacked the keys with a ferocity few possess." -- The Oregonian, describing the David Vest Band's set at the 2007 Waterfront Blues Festival.

"This band was a departure from Paul's previous ensemble, and that departure can be summed up in two words: David Vest." pdx magazine, reviewing The Last of the Best.

"They smoked and rocked the place like Mt. St. Helens was going off again. The David Vest set at the Miller Stage where I work was one of the hottest sets not just of this week but of any I have heard." -- unsigned review.

"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." -- Amazon.com Reviews

"This is some serious boogie piano." -- East County Gazette

"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 review

"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