The Scene of the Crying

Austin Chronicle
Rockzilla
Take Country Back

"Justin Trevino, a retro-honkytonker from Austin, Texas, is the country equivalent of an M.F.A. He's been mentored by fellow Texans Johnny Bush and the nonpareil yodeler Don Walser, both of whom have hired him as a sideman, and done pickup gigs with such old-school country legends as Kitty Wells, Hank Thompson and Floyd Tillman...Purist country fans will treasure the record, if only for Trevino's covers of What Have We Done and Daydreaming...Trevino himself sounds as much like Price as anybody: a powerful, high-pitched voice, deceptively smooth but with a piercing edge. " --Bill Gates, MSNBC.COM

Travelin' Singing' Man

Country Standard Time
Take Country Back

"Those in need of a quick fix of Texas honky tonk music a la Johnny Bush and Ray Price out to run for the third album from Justin Trevino. Once again, Trevino hits the mark song after song. He does it right whether on ballads or honky tonkers." --Jeffrey Remz

"Justin Trevino's new record, Travelin' Singin' Man, is his best, most compelling collection of traditional honky-tonk yet. And that's saying a lot--his second record, 2000's Loud Music and Strong Wine, was one of that year's finest, and the honky-tonk record of the year in the opinion of many." --Bill Silvers

" Justin Trevino, who released his debut LP in 1998, is a fan of the kind of country music that ruled Nashville from the late '50s through the early '70s -- and it shows. He's a darn fine practitioner of that classic brand of music..." --Erik Hage, All Music Guide

Loud Music and Strong Wine

"He has a classic country heart and a young singer's pipes, and on Loud Music & Strong Wine, you can sense that '50s and '60s country (particularly of the Ray Price variety, though Trevino clearly has a reverence for Ernest Tubb as well) is embedded in his DNA. "One More Drink and Then I'll Go" finds the golden-throated Trevino squeezing every ounce of pathos out of the track, as does "I Only Make You Happy When I Cry," a Trevino original. Country music, with its rugged principles, has made plenty of room for raw vocalists, but Trevino is a singer's singer." --Erik Hage, All Music Guide

"Johnny Bush is "The Country Caruso," Don Walser "The Pavarotti of the Plains." Remaining Italian tenors continue to lobby for the honor of providing the nickname to Justin Trevino, the young heir apparent to the country crooning crown." --Joel Bernstein, Country Standard Time

Texas Honkytonk

"...lives up to its name, with the Maxwell singer's clear, clean tenor throbbing and straining for one more spin around the dance floor. There are instant-classic originals like the title song as well as some sweet, Spanish-tinted Marty Robbins in Tonight Carmen...in the tradition of Ray Price and Johnny Bush, he handles a shuffle better than Amarillo Slim." --John Morthland, Texas Monthly

"This album is pure, old-fashioned, Texas country music...the unquestioned star of this show is Trevino's voice. It's a glorious instrument that can soar like Marty Robbins' at one instant, and remind one of the great Wynn Stewart in another." --Joel Bernstein, Country Standard Time