Press
- "Leaves audiences open-mouthed with amazement" - POST-GAZETTE, BOSTON, MA, U.S.A. (JULY 2001)
"Dave Hole is a superlative slide player. Well, that's like calling the Grand Canyon a nice nook. This guy will blow your mind with his guitar pyrotechnics." - IMMEDIA WIRE SERVICE , U.S.A. (JUNE, 2001)
"Throughout his 70-minute set at the Bayfront Blues Festival on Saturday his masterful guitar ministrations mesmerised the crowd." - DULUTH NEWS-TRIBUNE, U.S.A. (AUGUST, 2001) (live review)
"Hole is the best blues guitar player around. Pick a song, any song, then stand back." - VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER, U.S.A. (JUNE, 2001)
"Dave Hole is one prodigy whose daunting chops always seem to serve the music, and his smoking new CD "Outside Looking In" is another ear-bending burst of slide blues brilliance that's both innovative and faithfull to the spirit of the music." - CHICAGO TRIBUNE (JULY, 2002)
"Other musicians would have a hard time matching Hole's excitement on stage. Hole becomes a dizzying blur of motion on stage, making it hard to tell when he was standing still. The crowd was mesmorized." - KANE COUNTRY CHRONICLE, CHICAGO, U.S.A. (AUGUST, 2001) (Live review from "Chord On Blues")
"For those present, it was a wonderfully satisfying night at this venerable New York venue. One situation many performers face in New York is the futility of playing at anything less than full volume - the sheer noisiness of the crowd often makes it a necessity, but Dave Hole was able to demonstrate his range with a hauntingly quiet, dynamically rich "Run With Me" (from his newest release "Under The Spell)". - BLUES REVIEW, N.Y. CITY (JAN/FEB. 2000). (Live review of The Bottom Line, NY City).
"From the first skyrocket notes of Dave Hole's slide guitar, the Australian's sixth album ("Outside Looking In") is a sonic thrill ride." - AMAZON.COM
"No one can unleash a torrent of screaming notes like the local blues maestro. His upper register fretwork will make your hair stand on end." - THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (JULY, 2001)
"He's a more exciting guitar hero than most of his American counterparts." - DENVER POST, U.S.A. (JULY, 2001)
"Hole's guitar playing is positively riveting slide guitar rarely sounded so good." - THE BLADE, TOLEDO OHIO, U.S.A. (AUGUST, 2001)
"He's a full-tilt party machine, whipping off finger-shredding slide licks with a manic fury. The Aussie's a slide monster, mixing the primal power of Elmore James, the dexterity of Duane Allman, and the raging attack of Johnny Winter into one fret-blazing inferno." - CD NOW (Internet) (AUGUST, 2001)
"This is some fierce slide guitar work, as Hole's guitar playing, which is positively riveting, punctuates his rocking blues rythms. The title track is one of the best blues numbers to come along in years and his rendition of B.B. King's "You Move Me" will have you moving. Slide guitar rarely sounded so good as it does on this great number." - THE BLADE TOLEDO, OH. U.S.A. (AUGUST, 2001)
"Dave Hole"s new album is a firebreathing slide extravaganza. This is truly worth the admission of owning the CD. Boy, can he play." - VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE, U.S.A. (SEPT. 2001)
"Not your garden-variety guitar hellraiser, Hole controls his awesome vituosity just enough to escape charges of grand-standing. The Aussie finds resolution for the tension he generates so readily with his slider on the strings." - DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE, U.S.A. (SEPT. 2001)
"Australia's Dave Hole isn't big, but he's a giant of the guitar on his new CD. ("Outside Looking In") The threat of nearly an hour of wailing guitars and shuffling drumbeats could make a release predictable and weary but Hole uses songs like his composition "Nobody" to show versatility as well as knowledge of traditional slide guitar, making the disc invigorating, not wearying." - CHICAGO ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT U.S.A. (OCT. 2001)
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