On stage in Paradiso, Amsterdam, May 2003, Lucinda Williams told the audience, whom David was seated amongst: “I feel like I’m in the presence of genius because my friend David is here. Do you know him?”

Butch Hancock added, “David Rodriguez, a detour well worth the trouble”.

“David Rodriguez is the most engaging voice of our time” said Peg Miller from Chicago House Theatre in Austin, Texas.

photo © Herman Mertens 1995