“Imagine the picture: An autumn evening in the small town of Augusta, MO, an old historic German dance hall, music lovers, artists and musicians in the audience, and THE Tom Hall performing with his National steel guitar. All who attended knew they were going to have an exceptional experience, and no one left disappointed. Tom’s masterfully played eclectic selections shifted seamlessly from blues-inspired tunes to old-soul type influences, and from deep southern roots to ancestral folk, inspired by world travels. He is a laid back, gifted artist and musical story-teller who invited his audience into his melodic realm for a few short hours only to leave us wanting more.” — The Augusta Ramble, Augusta, MO

“THE Tom Hall is the perfect house show performer.  While engaging the audience with stories of the history of the National guitar, his instrument of choice, he plays music that illustrates and brings to life the history lesson.  Blues is the core strength of Tom’s playing but is not his only offering.  He has a wide range of talents from international styles to well known and loved standards from the history of rock.  Not many people are playing National guitars much less playing it this well.  With Tom you get a true master of the National which produces a unique sound and feel that is very easy to love.  Combine that with stories from decades of being a hard working musician and you have a player who is truly a delight to work with and hear.” — John Parker, The Judson House Concerts, 314.502.8311

“THE Tom Hall is a house-favorite at the Stone Spiral Coffeehouse with employers and customers alike.He is a master guitar-picker with an honest unaffected voice and he knows how to spin a good yarn.This,with his professionalism and kind demeanor.compels us to schedule him as often as possible.” — Bill Newman, Owner, Stone Spiral Coffeehouse

“On Valentines Day, 2016, THE Tom Hall drew a capacity crowd to The Shoe Tree Listening Room, a house concert venue, (Dave and Sandi Baker’s home) in Springfield, Missouri. Tom impressed said crowd with his impeccably intricate finger picking, as he worked his way through an eclectic repertoire of blues, (Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, et. al.) jazz, (Dave Brubecks “Take Five”) and world music played on his beautiful National Steel Resophonic guitar. Two hours and two encore’s later, everyone had fallen in love with Tom’s humble, laid back attitude, and masterful virtuosity. We look forward to his return. In fact, he is already booked for Sunday, February 12, 2017!  Thanks again to THE Tom Hall!” — David Baker

“The sounds his guitar makes are magnetic, earthy in their rhythmic thump, impossibly sensible in the unpredictable, private constellations he draws between the sparkle of notes. He sounds like Mississippi John Hurt filtered through Ireland back through Robert Johnson’s Delta back through St. Louis ragtime. He no longer copies anyone but follows his own eccentricities.” — Roy Kasten, Riverfront Times

“Not unlike early Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke or David Lindley, at his best Hall mixes and matches bits of the roots-music vernacular to create something fresh from the familiar… Hall’s guitar playing is first-rate, featuring an encyclopedic grasp of the blues vocabulary and clean, rhythmically precise picking that touches a variety of stylistic bases while retaining plenty of soul.” — Dean C. Minderman, Riverfront Times