"John took the "Real Deal" band into the studio for the first time in 1998..........Tom Holland provides a deep, electric, up to date rhythm guitar"
- Lisa Becker, Liner notes from John Primer - Its a Blues Life, Wolf Records
"....Add Holland's propulsive rhythm guitar patterns.......and the classic Chicago sound comes alive with a vengence."
- David Whiteis, Review of John Primer - Its a Blues Life - Living Blues Magazine July/August 2000 issue
"one of Chicago's finest guitarists"
- Willie Kent, chicago bass legend
"You play one hell of a guitar, even if you do play the wrong way!"
- Robert Jr. Lockwood, blues guitar legend
"Your slide playing is great, reminds me of Muddy, keep up the great work"
- Bill Perry, NY blues guitarist
"alot of guitar players can play the blues, but there are very few guitarists your age, or any age at that, that play with the feeling that you play with...... your gonna be a monster by the time your 30."
- Grana Louise, blues vocalist in Chicago
"As long as there are people like you out here playin the old school blues stuff, it'll be around for a long time..... You've definitely got something special in your playin'"
- Chicago Bass legend Aron Burton
"You're a great guitarist, helluva singer too!!"
- blues legend Lonnie Brooks
"You've learned your lessons very well"
- Michael Frank, President of Earwig Records
"Your one of the few younger guys playin real blues, I've heard alot of them, and your playin serious real, old school Chicago blues"
- Delmark Recording artist, Jimmy Burns
"you play the hell outta that slide!"
-Chicago blues legend Eddy "the Chief" Clearwater
"Your one of the baddest blues cats around"
- Jellybean Johnson, producer, drummer, guitarist for Janet Jackson, Prince, and Morris Day & the Time
"Tom Holland is as good as any of the "next generation" Chicago blues
guitarists that are on the scene today.....and he's 100% dedicated to his
craft."
- Dave Herda, Chicago Blues Explosion radio show
"As a straightahead blues album, I enjoyed this more than anything I've heard lately"
- Alligator Records Bruce Iglauer
"You're one of the few guys I've heard recently who actaully seems able to carry a song on the vocals"
- Alligator Records Bruce Iglauer
""Tom Holland's faithful approach to the postwar Chicago style thankfully avoids the usual bar-band histrionics.
- Dave Whiteis, Chicago Reader Guide to the 2004 Chicago Blues Festival
Tom Holland & the Shuffle Kings
