KUDOS
Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. - Andy Warhol
NEWSPAPERS:
"...effortless guitar work of Jon Herington..."
Jon Carmanica - New York Times
"But tops was Fagen doing Steely Dan’s always cool “Reelin’ in the Years” - not enough can be said about guitar master Jon Herington, who made a great guitar solo greater." Jed Gottlieb - Boston Herald
"Guitarist Jon Herington was the instrumental star" Jon Bream -Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
"...quicksilver guitarist Jon Herington picked, scratched and poked his way to standing ovations in the encore on fan favorites My Old School' and 'FM'"
Austin Scaggs - Rolling Stone
"...lead guitarist Jon Herington, whose sleek, edgy soloing on My Old School and Black Friday, to name but two, was nothing short of sensational"
David Sinclair - The Times, London
"...first-rate band members, including Jon Herington on guitar" Jon Pareles - New York Times
"(Herington) excelled in forceful numbers like "Peg," "Kid Charlemagne," or "My Old School," where he navigated the maze of horn punctuations with spirit"
Jim Farber - New York Daily News
Herington... was superb -- clean, crisp, remarkably fluid and with a more rockin' tone that suited the somewhat restless spirit of the set.
tconner@suntimes.com
"It was lead guitarist Jon Herington who frequently and spectacularly handled the chore of duplicating and embellishing the famous solos from the original recordings, all laid down years ago by the best session players in the business, and now a part of our collective musical consciousness."
-Rick Shefchik, Pioneer Press
"Guitarist Jon Herington had the Herculean task of recreating the solos for these two tunes, which are akin to scripture in the rock world. He did so with amazing technical facility and aplomb."
-James Lamperetta, The Saratogian
"...needle-sharp lead guitar by Jon Herington. "
- The Washington Post Company
Guitarist Jon Herington was a constant bright spot. His fast and fluid solos all were greeted with rounds of applause from the crowd of 707.
-Curtis Ross, The Tampa Tribune, from review of Madeleine Peyroux
BLOGS:
"...red hot lead guitar solo courtesy of Jon Herington." Kevin O'Hare, The Republican
"...a wicked good lead guitarist, who didn't miss a lick" Nadine Burgess - Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre
OTHER:
"Herington isn't fit to lick Carlton's shoes..." posted on a Steely Dan fan website