"Whats
not to like?" --Americana-UK 7/25/06
"..if this band doesn't make it big, I'm gonna kick some motherfucking honky record company radio programming executive fat fucked-up ass. --New York Press 7/19/01-Vol.14, Iss. 17
"..quality Americana for anyone who likes a glass of wine with their meat and potatoes." --No Depression Sept-Oct 2001
Best Songwriter-Rich Mattson CITY PAGES
Best of the Twin Cities May 2, 2001
"There
really isn't a bad track on this record.." --Rift Magazine
"Minneapolis quartet Ol' Yeller is the latest in a long line of worthy roots-rock acts from the Twin Cities." --Time Out New York
April 12-19, 2001
"One
of [their] best cd's yet.." --Star Tribune 6/9/06
"Perfect
pop.."--Minneapolis City Pages, 6/7/06
"..a
reliable source of rootsy rock that goes down well with a Grain
Belt." - The Onion 6/8/06
"Ol' Yeller 's Rich Mattson is one of my favorite singer-songwriters in town.."--Chris Reimenschneider, Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 3, 2004
"..another
picture-perfect snapshot of a place, a time and an era.."--Pulse
of the Twin Cities 5/31/06
Although we've come to expect a lot from Rich Mattson throughout the years, he is not one to let down. --Ripsaw News, 3/20/2002
Awarded
best ROCK GROUP and best ROCK ALBUM (Good Luck) by the Minnesota
Music Academy, 2006
VOTED
BEST AMERICANA GROUP/ARTIST by the MINNESOTA
MUSIC ACADEMY; SEPTEMBER 22, 2004