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October 18th, 2006

"Denver's John Common has cracked the code of modern-day songwriting and delivered us something surprisingly refreshing... "Good To Be Born," is full of energy, passion, creativity, variety, personality and most importantly, sounds you've never heard before. He is a damn good songwriter."

-- KCSU MUSIC DIRECTOR / ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGIAN

September 1st, 2006

"There are songs that make me want to drink till morning you see... Songs that make me wish I'd somehow gone home with that handsome stranger who smiled when I looked up from my book... Songs that make me want to be loud and messy and get into lots of trouble, when normally I am quiet and neat and only get into medium amounts of trouble... Songs I've caught myself putting on repeat when it's 2 am and I have to wake up at 6..."

-- A GIRL

April 12th, 2004

Fans of the alt-country genre should at least give Collecting Empties a listen - fans of Tom Waits or Neil Young might, too. Imagine for a moment that you've been driving an old beat-up pickup all day long. Driving down a desolate rural road, you are headed back toward the city. You are close enough to the city to begin to feel you are home, yet rural enough to feel just out of place...

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-- Solitary Sinners