Tom Buechi - Reviews/Press - Blues, Classic Rock & Country

Tammy T
Mt. Baldy Lodge - Mt. Baldy, CA
Tom has played for us many times at the World Famous Mt. Baldy Lodge. He is one of our favorites, and every time he plays we get tons of complements about him. People don't leave while Tom is playing - they sit, relax, have another drink, and listen to the music. Tom is a true professional that is often rare in small venues like ours. Tom knows every song (or so it seems!), and plays them with style and grace.

Nick Gerard - Nothin' The Blues
KJAZZ 88.1 FM - Long Beach, CA

"Good stuff"
"Very cool CD"
Sample:
KJAZZ_081109

Vanessa Franko - Audio File
Riverside Press Enterprise - 11/26/08

Buechi blends the best styles of guitar on his debut record. Songs such as "It's All Right" have Latin tinges a la Santana. Other tracks are straight-up blues with no chaser. For instance, "Homewrecker Blues" could be a candidate for George Thorogood and the Destroyers, one of those "I'm a bad guy" blues songs with lots of solo work and a good groove. Another standout on the album, "Good Girl Gone Wrong" has a Mark Knopfler kind of vibe. "Scared" is the big ballad on the record.

Rootstime
Rootstime - January 2009

He was born in Lancaster, New York and already plays guitar from his tenth, but now lives in Southern California and played in a dozen bands in these two states., and for the moment he is still playing in a duo "Tom & Stan". On this debut recording that he recorded , produced and distributed all by himself, he uses a multitude of styles, with his guitar centre stage. His voice is good, although it lacks some power. It is a nice mix of some Knopfler, Tom Petty and Springsteen's vocal styles. Like I already mentioned , Tom surely can call himself a multi-instrumental talent, because he plays all the instruments on these recordings, but it's his guitar playing that attracts the attention. He cites as his great influences Nils Lofgren, Rory Gallagher, Clapton and Santana. Especially the first name seems to have influenced him a lot, not only his guitar sometimes sounds like that of Nils, I even notice some vocal simularities. A very beautiful country tinged "Good Girl Gone Wrong", for example, exudes all the atmosphere of his songs, with a beautiful slide solo in the middle. Also in this debut, some real blues, including songs with titles already stating this clearly: "Homewrecker Blues", "Everyday Blues" and Fairfax Blues ", also some real rock songs like the strong compositions "Scared" and "Living For Today", country rock, like in "Raised On Heartache", and finally Tom shows his jazzy, relaxed side heard in the quiet rippling "It's All Right" and "Let It Ride" that both remind the work of Chris Rea All his own work, moreover, not a single cover. Looks like Tom Buechi (pronounced Bee-kee) can call this CD quite rightly so his own work from A to Z . Like our "do-it-yourself" man Roger always says on TV, "What you do yourself, is always done better." And right he is! (RON)

MKHAMMER

I've heard Tom's CD and it's as good if not better than most CD's on sale today. He's extremely talented and this is a great CD to listen to while cruising down the highway. A lot of variety and that boy can play the guitar.