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"It's clear that the blues needs to cultivate
young musicians graced with integrity and vision who can nonetheless excel
in the modern style. Weathersby fits that bill perfectly. Carl Weathersby
has it in him to carry the music into the future while keeping it true
to its roots."
David Whiteis / Living Blues |
"The native Mississippian sings with fervor and individuality as his urgent yet-controlled guitar sound gouges the air like the second coming of Albert King. He writes songs that are both fresh and weighted with hard-won experience."
Frank-John Hadley / Down Beat
"Weathersby approaches the guitar with full-blown aggression. The huge hands attached to his 6-foot-plus frame squeeze and pull the strings of his guitar until they submit to his relentless will. Weathersby's shows are high energy displays of raw, edgy blues. His style is both strong and forceful as well as tender and humble. The heat generated in his shows is like white hot iron. His delivery is dead on and he never orders audience participation. It's always given freely. His overall style spans the generational gap within blues."
Sandra Pointer-Jones / King Biscuit Times
"Watch for Weathersby! He's not among the many who obligatingly narrow their shoulders to fit in the Old Guards's blues niche. Rather, he plays the blues the way it will be as it preps for the 21st century."
Tim Schuller / Blues Access / Review of Don't Lay Your Blues On Me
"Carl Weathersby's guitar accompaniment and solos are superlative, whether he's playing lethal, teflon-coated, hollow point Albert King bends on Flamin' Mamie or swinging like Wolf guitarist Willie Johnson on Evil. Carl paid his dues working for the late Albert King and the master would be proud. Weathersby also wrote Should Have Known Better, addressing the all-too-deadly hazards of life on the urban mean streets."
Jack Oudiz / Sacramento Blues Society / Review of The Blues Keep Following Me Around
"Don’t Lay Your Blues On Me will certainly be a front-runner for best blues debut album of 1996."
Steven Sharp / Living Blues / Review of Don’t Lay Your Blues On Me
"Weathersby’s remarkable slide solo on Rich Man’s Woman - improvised on the spot using a cigarette lighter as slide - elevates him into the top echelon of today’s slide guitarists."
David Whiteis / Living Blues / Review of Deep Down
"The highlight of Don’t Lay Your Blues On Me is one of Weathersby’s four originals, the agonizing Somebody Help Me. The song describes the feelings of desperation, hopelessness, guilt and pain that come with crack addiction. Few pieces of ‘90s blues art have been more relevant or poignant."
Steven Sharp / Living Blues / Review of Don’t Lay Your Blues On Me
"Carl Weathersby’s vocals reveal more than a trace of Albert King, but throughout they are strong, well-seasoned and soulful."
Thomas J. Cullen III / Blues Revue / Review of Don’t Lay Your Blues On Me
"Carl Weathersby’s guitar often rings of blues giant Albert King."
John Rutherford / Calgary Tonite
"Weathersby is also a gifted vocalist who croons with the soul of a Bobby Bland or Little Milton."
John Rutherford / Calgary Tonite
"Weathersby wrote three of the songs, including the title cut. He’s also responsible for the minor key shuffle, Should Have Been Gone and an absolutely electrifying Should Have Known Better that’s fraught with passion and pain."
Tim Schuller / Blues Access / Review of The Blues Keep Following Me Around
"Carl Weathersby is low-key on guitar, alternating smoothly between a hammering rhythm and fluid leads."
Jim Trageser / Living Blues / Review of Blues In The Night
"Weathersby’s searing Albert King-style licks stand out on originals like Rock Your Town, The Things The Blues Will Make You Do and Somebody Help Me."
Thomas J. Cullen III / Blues Revue / Review of Don’t Lay Your Blues On Me