Already well known around his native Nashville as a formidable and innovative picker, Henderson brings a bluesy edge and authenticity ..to the party with plenty of attitude and a distinctive point of view.. ~Billboard
Nashville's Henderson enjoys a reputation as a picker's picker and blues blaster...precision machine-gun chicken pickin' and the shotgun spray of slithering slide.. ~Guitar Player
Heretofore, Mike Henderson has been one of the most underrated honky-tonk singers in country. "First Blood" (Dead Reckoning) marks him as one of the most underrated white bluesmen, too. His "Pony Blues" is so adept that Johnny Winter might envy it, and his Chicago blues evoke the spirit of Elmore James. Plus there's "Pay Bo Diddley", on which Henderson and his band pay some dues.. ~Playboy
Henderson may be best known as a songwriter (Patty Loveless, Travis Tritt), but these blistering seamless blues covers prove he's a remarkable guitarist and frontman. The Bluebloods, an impromptu band ..,are as tight as a too-small shoe. Look for this one to show up on best-of-the-year lists.. ~Entertainment Weekly
If an army rides on its stomach, a band rides on its rhythm section. When the combination of piano, bass, drums and electric guitar is as neck-snappingly strong as it is on the Bluebloods' first album, you don't need other instruments, original compositions or even many original ideas to deliver a knockout blow. Whipping thru the blues bombshells like Hound Dog Taylor's "Give Me Back My Wig" and Elmore James' "Mean Mistreater", Henderson ..... who is as raspingly good on harmonica as he is on slide guitar-and his Nashville cats don't even try to reinvent rocking roadhouse boogaloo. ...the Bluebloods make the familiar trajectories of the blues glow like tracer bullets in the night.. ~People
Henderson is as good a blues guitar player as exists right now. He sings well, writes good songs, tackles classics, and runs a tight, fierce band." ~Rock n Rap Confidential
Henderson comes across like a fierce combination of Junior Brown, Jimmie Vaughn and Dwight Yoakum. Showing off his honky-tonk revelry, Henderson is a blistering guitarist... ~Tower Pulse
..his amazing ability to grab hold of all sorts of styles and sing and play the heck out of each one. Henderson always finds ways to make familiar riffs sound extraordinary.. ~Atlanta Journal-Constitution
..bold blast of hard-rocking honky-tonk...exceptional feel for the the various roots styles he tackles and the quality of his material, and the intensity of his performances...songwriting abilities are as impressive as his taste in outside material.. ~Philadelphia Inquirer
..honest Nashville cat with the passions to dig deep and the brass to rock the twang. He favors long, keening notes drenched in twisted, descending runs, cooked up in a wicked transfiguration that's equal parts Pete Anderson and Waylon Jennings.. ~Houston Chronicle
Henderson takes you on a musical journey rich with powerful songwriting.. ~Gavin
From his days with the Missouri blues outfit, the Bel Airs, through Nashville's hard rocking Snakes, (who recorded one of the best Bukka White covers ever on their one and only album from the late '80's), to his work backing up Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane and Tracy Nelson, on to his solo career as a country songwriter and performer, Mike Henderson has consistently stood out from the pack with his amazing guitar playing (bottleneck especially), balls out harp work and no bullshit songs ...~Real Groove
Listen to Henderson's guitar as it twangs, slides and slithers...Sharp songs and unruly guitar work reveal Henderson as a dominator of honky-tonk blues and an honor graduate of The College of Muddy, Merle and Monroe.. ~Edge Magazine
Mike Henderson is a standout in any crowd because of his sizzling talent and rapid-fire guitar style, and with this, his second solo effort, Henderson is even better than the first time around. A real honky-tonker with a dose of Missouri blues. Henderson is always distinctive and always entertaining. His covers are original and his new material bright and interesting. Keep the so-called fresh horses pastured and let the wild herd run free.. ~Music Connection
Tackles with a visceral, unpolished energy unlike any other Nashville band currently on the scene...beautifully articulated guitar work;...plays lead guitar in a single-string style much like King's 1960's technique .. ~Country Music
"I was in my kind of heaven. Here were some men I wanted to play music with...Henderson sings and plays the way a hundred blues bands can't and don't. There really aren't that many people around who carry with them an understanding of the music, black and white, who can write, sing and play country and then deliver a cracking blues set without so much as a pause to buy a pack of Camels." ~Mark Knopfler