"Wake up,
Fetch your coat; switch off the box.
See you down in the basement club."
- Wake Up, England
"[S]omething very special indeed .. and it's just an extraordinary, epic song that .. takes you on this rambling, winding kind of storyline, and takes you into strange and dark places."
- Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music (talking about Wolf in a Woollen Coat)
"[An] intriguing individual."
- John Kennedy, XFM London
"Like Kevin Ayers passed through some kind of weird Vivian Stanshall filter."
"[T]he spiritual heir to Jake Thackray and Edward Lear .. "
- Bob Fischer, BBC Radio Tees
" .. lyrics a spider's web craft .. "
- Katy Jay, WCR FM
"Quirky and just plain enjoyable .. Blue-John might divide his audiences kind of like Marmite .. you either love it or hate it."
- Juanita McGowen-Appleby a.k.a "Beatlebabe"
"An amazingly unique and eccentric musical talent from across the moors .. A jazz-lounge-crooner sounding kind of folk music .. "
- Luke Harding, The Waiting Room
"Whitby does have a history of producing some slightly odd music from time to time. That's Blue-John Benjamin And His Amateur Humans .. "
- Matt Seymour, BBC Radio York
" .. super chilled .."
- Paul the Plumber
~ The Matchbox Cabaret ~
Thomas Truax : Blue-John Benjamin (Richie's shot)
The Northern Line .. A write-up. http://thenorthernline.com/2010/09/28/blue-john-benjamin-and-thomas-truax-waiting-room-restaurant-eaglescliffe-sun-sept-19th/
'Going Blonde' - BJB & brother Richie at The Waiting Room
Photograph by Danielle Velterelle
From Vol 7 No 9 of The Link magazine .. 
BBC Radio Tees, July 2010 (listen below)
Whitby Folk Festival, North Yorkshire ('Open Mic')
BJB summons Captain Blood
Quite a backdrop. No microphone, though.
The Blue Boar, Bolton Town, Lancashire
The Buddmeister & Wing Commander Houghton - amateur hecklers - do battle with BJB
Sound Engineer Suzi quietly makes her appraisal
On-stage response to an innocent question from the audience:
"Are you allowed to dance..? As the mood takes you, Sandra."