"Collecting Dust is a wonderful
masterpiece of sound, blending the old with the new in a way that few artists
can do. Harp obviously has his roots in blues and country, but has the talent to
rise far above his contemporaries." -Dino Lull,Metro
Spirit, August, GA
"There's a skid row
beauty to Harp's songs. Their stories could take place on the streets of
downtown L.A., where Charles Bukowksi set his tales of the disengaged; Harp's
are less harsh, but just as interesting." -Rick Allen, Vintage
Guitar
"The local songwriter’s
forlorn tenor, laid upon stripped-down, predominantly acoustic instrumentation,
is full of restless emotions, while his somber melodies are oddly comforting.
Dust has a timeless quality for the reflective times brought about by bad
weather and individual misfortune." -Mark Keresman,SF
Weekly, San Francisco, CA
"The
self-released "Collecting Dust" is fantastic from begninning to end, with almost
everyone one of the 10 tracks gathered here a keeper." - Jeffrey Sisk,
The Daily New , Pennsylvania
"The first thing that registers
about Bob Harp's second album is how evocative it feels, how true it sounds - as
if his guitar and harmonica really have collected dust for decades." -Nate
Seltenrich, East Bay
Express, San Francisco Bay Area
"With a hint of twang, Harp takes
the small details of a lazy California day and praises them with classic instrumentation (a 12-string,
harmonica, piano), and a tempo that jolts the sadness out of one’s
heart." -Nicole L.
Browner, The Bay Bridged , San Francisco, CA