Type of Entertainment: Music/Vocal, Specialty, Folk, History Rating: Everyone
"VALLILLO'S MUSIC IS INFECTIOUS. HIS TUNES AND MELODIES ARE HAUNTING AND RESTRAINED, UNCLUTTERED BY STUDIO GIMMICKRY, SUBTLE WITHOUT A PRETENSE TO CLEVERNESS."
Illinois Times
"EDGAR LEE MASTERS WOULD BE PROUD."
River To River
"SOME SINGERS PLAY JUST ENOUGH OF AN INSTRUMENT TO ACCOMPANY THEMSELVES, SOME GREAT GUITAR PLAYERS 'GET BY' AS SINGERS, AND A FEW SINGER/MUSICIANS TRY THEIR BEST TO TELL A GOOD STORY. CHRIS VALLILLO IS THE COMPLETE PACKAGE...A HAUNTING VOICE, A MASTER AT HIS INSTRUMENTS, AND A STAGE PRESENCE THAT HOLDS ANYONE OF ANY AGE SPELLBOUND. CHRIS PULLS OFF THE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TASK OF MAKING POETRY OF OUR HERITAGE WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL. AND IN CHRIS'S CASE, THAT MATERIAL IS THE VERY STUFF OF WHICH WE ARE MADE...OUR HISTORY. I AM SO PROUD TO BE FROM A STATE THAT COULD PRODUCE SUCH A CONSUMMATE PERFORMER AS CHRIS VALLILLO. "
Ken Bradbury, author, composer, syndicated columnist
"VALLILLO IS AN EXCEPTIONAL GUITARIST ON SIX STRING, FLAT OR FINGER-PICKED AND BOTTLENECK SLIDE AND HAS A RICH DEEP VOICE."
Anarillo, TX
"HE BRINGS TO HIS MUSIC (AN) EYE FOR DETAIL AND A SENSE OF HISTORY...VIVID, ORIGINAL STORY SONGS... DELIVERED IN HIS CRISP EXPRESSIVE TENOR."
Dirty Linen Magazine
"THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF INCORPORATING MUSIC TO TEACH HISTORY IN AN ENGAGING WAY."
Espie Estrella, About.com Music Education
"WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN SONG, CHRIS VALLILLO TAKES THE AUDIENCE ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY, MAKING HISTORY COME ALIVE WITH HIS EXCELLENT BLENDING OF MUSIC AND STORYTELLING. HE GRABBED HOLD OF THE MUSEUM VISITORS HERE, ESTABLISHING EXCELLENT RAPPORT WITH THE AUDIENCE WITH THIS THOUGHTFUL, HUMOROUS AND MOVING SHOW."
Phil Funkenbusch Director of Theaters, Shows Division Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Springfield, Illinois
"FINE PERFORMANCES FEATURING... UNADORNED MUSIC THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE REALITY OF LIVING IN THE RURAL MIDWEST"
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