Ramsay Midwood delivers an outstanding album here with Shoot Out At The OK Chinese Restaurant. A constant groove that’s chocked with intriguing lyrics & stories. The antithesis of singular solos – but rather an absolute collective that comes together in the most harmonious way… Pass it around – Pass it to the left. Is it Saturday night or Sunday morning? It doesn’t matter… Quite literally, dance all night or enjoy a morning cup of jo on the porch. This album grabs both days of the weekend – hook, line & sinker.
– @meanwhile_in_music
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“Musically seeming to borrow in equal portions from swamp-rockers like Tony Joe White and Creedence Clearwater Revival, and with a feel-laden vocal style on the mild side of Captain Beefheart or Mule Variations-era Tom Waits, Midwood crafts a rootsy album that offers one small pleasure after another”
– @popmatters
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“Chiming Creedence guitars are joined by Stonesy bluesy slide; the various frames are gradually augmented with shuffling drumbeats, wheezing accordion, scratchy fiddle, or honky-tonk piano, each conjured as needed. Then comes the sucker-punch of Midwood’s delivery, so laconic it makes J.J. Cale seem like a raving hysteric by comparison, his free-associations and understatements of purpose spilling Dylanesque across the casual grooves”
– @nodepression
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“Ramsey Midwood performs a brand of "roots" music more authentic than anything Sun Volt, Wilco, or the Scud Mountain Boys could possibly conceive”
– All About Jazz
