“Pat Donohue is one of the greatest finger pickers in the world today...” - Chet Atkins

“His genre-blending approach fuses the right-hand Piedmont fingerstyle of Blind Blake and Blind Boy Fuller with the harmonic vocabulary and improvising spirit of Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery.” —Kevin Ransom, Guitar Player

“He is a presence as much as a mind-boggling musician. He writes witty lyrics, sings, plays and talks in a family-dinner-table-talk kind of style.” —Christel Burt, Deseret News

“If it were it easy, every fingerstyle guitarist would play as well as Pat Donohue. A Midwesterner with the rhythm of a drummer and the soul of a New Orleans saxophonist, Donohue has the fingers of the world’s finest guitarists.” —Stephen A. Ide, Dirty Linen

“Pat Donohue is the whiz of the pickin’ biz. He demonstrates just how agreeable a guitar can sound when picked by a champ.” —Tom Weber, Rochester Post-Bulletin

“Donohue is a clever songwriter who uses intelligent, creative rhymes and wastes few words. His instrumentals display his characteristic of clarity and ingenuity, combining the essential qualities of the originals with his own recognizable fresh sound. He brilliantly mixes register changes, picking variations and tricks, and bass line melodies. Even the simplest musical conventions take on a richness under his fingers.”—Gary Joyner, Acoustic Guitar Magazine

“Behind the great chops and wide-ranging tastes stands another skill that gives Donohue his individual voice: arranging. He displays a smooth, swinging assurance. His arrangement of High Society is an encyclopedia of techniques and licks that will repay working through it.” —Russell Letson, Fingerstyle Guitar

“A masterful guitarist and talented singer-songwriter of the blues, folk, and jazz... Donohue is a natural entertainer who possesses bundles of charm and wit.” —J. Roos, Los Angeles TImes

“I first heard him on the radio and got upset. Then I heard him in concert and got more upset. He thinks harmonically, improvises beautifully, and writes. If you're a guitar player, he's going to haunt you...” —Leo Kottke

“It is clear that Kottke has not overestimated Donohue's ability.”
—Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times

“Donohue's steel string solos swing and boogie like good bar room piano playing. The complexity of his arrangements is obscured by effortless chops...” —Acoustic Guitar Magazine

“His playing is rich with active, nimble bass lines that would in themselves seem to give a guitarist plenty to do. Laid against them are the complex chord work and elaborate, deftly-executed single-note runs. It's about as much harmonious sound as can be produced by two hands, wood, and strings...” —Los Angeles Times

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