“A freewheeling, often poignant oral history of one of the unsung heroes of Country Music.” – Rolling Stone Country
“(Freddy has) demonstrated a dedication to broadening the perimeters of country & western, particularly in creating a fusion of country honky tonk and swing jazz. This interest runs throughout Powers' career.” – Country Music Television (CMT)
“Powers’ name stands alongside some of country music's most enduring classics.” – The Austin Chronicle
“The singer, songwriter, musician and producer worked with Merle Haggard for decades, the two of them penning chart-topping hits...Late in life Powers began work on a memoir with his wife, Catherine, and music biographer Jake Brown called The Spree of 83.” – BILLBOARD
“Freddy Powers is one of my favorite people in the world. Me and Willie were both in a position to influence him and to guide him a little bit as a songwriter.” – Merle Haggard
“Freddy's strongest suit, I always thought, was his rhythm guitar playing. He was a great rhythm guitar player, and he wrote some great songs with and for Merle.” – Willie Nelson
“Legendary behind-the-scenes country musician.” – Taste Of Country
“He played what I called Freddy Powers chords, you know, like a lot of the kind of jazz, swing, Texas swing, kind of chords, and 9’s and 13’s and 7’s and major this, and minor that, and he’s never used a K-bow, and his hand was all over the guitar.” – Frank Liddell, Multi-Platinum Country Record Producer
“I spent a great deal of my time with Freddy just the two of us, and he was just such a great great player and singer, and we just communicated. There was some kind of chemistry between us I believe, just as people and as musicians.” – Rattlesnake Annie
“Freddy’s songwriting and artistry is bigger than country music, it’s truly American music. I mean, he did a lot of things in his life that have a lot of gravity. So he was always a real unassuming megastar in my mind.” – John Rich
“I’ve never seen a guy who could sit down, and he told 100 jokes in a row, non-stop, just going from one to the other to the other, not many people can do that. Every time I think of him I smile because he was just so much fun to be around.”- Big Kenny Alphin
“Freddy was Sancho Panza to Willie Nelson’s Don Quixote, you felt his presence.” – Larry Gatlin
“I think he’s one of the least-recognized of the great country songwriters. His music will be great in any era, no matter what year it is, you’ll still want to hear a Freddy Powers song.” – Tanya Tucker
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