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"These days there are many good rockabilly bands. The Lustre Kings are not a good rockabilly band, they are a GREAT rockabilly band. Their soulful, greasy, nasty, all-American Sound is impossible to resist. Indeed, after having heard hundreds of new bands over the last thirty years, I gotta say this one belongs to the select few you can count on your hands. A must buy CD." - Rockin' Ronny Weiser, Rollin' Rock Records

"So what’s the Lustre Kings new album, Way Out There, like? It’s the band’s best CD yet, combining bright, sophisticated swing fare like Empty Town with twangy diesel numbers like Mr. Big and slinky rock & rollers like Way Out There. It’s exactly what you would expect from Albany’s standard bearers of rock & roll." - Erik Hage, Metroland

"Albany’s Lustre Kings are a polished quartet headed by Mark Galmsjager, who looks the role of musicologist with his black-framed eyeglasses and gray pompdour. These guys write their own material, but even the most recent tunes - like the truck-driving song Mr. Big - sound as if they came rolling off Elvis’ 1955 assembly line." - Jeff Spevak, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

"The Lustre Kings’ new disc, Way Out There, is a sparkling effort, probably the best of the band's impressive four-disc catalog. It's been a full decade now since they made their recording debut with "Mark Gamsjager Rocks & Lustre Kings Roll," but the concept remains the same -- like Donny and Marie, they're a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll. Add a bit of jazz, swing and boogie woogie in there, too." - Greg Haymes, Albany Times Union

"(Mark Gamsjager is) the one with the badass rockabilly hair and the Gretsch hollowbody. The Albany NY-based Lustre Kings’ commitment is matched only by their ability. Small wonder they’re constantly on the road, and tour regularly with Wanda Jackson, as opening act and backing band." - John Conquest, 3rd Coast Music

"The Lustre Kings are without a doubt one of the best modern rockabilly acts in the United States. These cats have got the pure vintage sound down pat. With that big ole Gretsch strapped around his neck, Mark Gamsjager lays down some of the coolest rockabilly licks you’ll find anywhere." - Johnny Bartlett, The Continental

"Dressed up in flashy Texas threads with a hint of Hollywood sparkle, The Lustre Kings are a New York rockabilly band whose music recalls an idealized past. These Kings kick out the Cochran, roll out the Wray and pump up the Presley." - Greg Nicoll, Creative Loafing

"A cold beer, a hot date, and the Lustre Kings. Real roots rock and roll never sounded so good." - Michael Eck, WAMC Northeast Public Radio

"It's refreshing to find a band that may believe rock and roll began and ended with Elvis, but also knows how to play all that rich, rare stuff in between -- and knows how to play it like it matters." - Don Wilcock, The Record

"The Lustre Kings are more than just another rockabilly revival outfit churning out versions of popular Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry tunes. Lead singer and guitarist Mark Gamsjager has a natural affinity for the music and delivers a rootsy twang on his electric Gretsch guitar." - Seth Rogovoy, Berkshire Living

"The Lustre Kings would make a great house band in any flick that calls for some help from Rockabilly Central Casting." -- Mike Goudreau, VH-1

"Gamsjager brings a Chris Isaak-like flair and a Brian Setzer sass to his revival of rock and roll's roots." -- Paul Rapp, Metroland Magazine

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