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"[Hal Shows'] pleasantly hoarse voice and tunefulness may remind boomers of the Lovin' Spoonfull and younger listeners of . . . well, no one on the contemporary scene."             Ken Tucker, reviewing Native Dancer in Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2003

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  "Hal Shows' songs are as rawboned as the best Creedence Clearwater revival; they link personal frustration and political rage without wasting a word or a note"

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