“CJ Hillman plays the most incredible pedal steel guitar as well as mandolin, slide guitar and all this great stuff – he’s in his own style but he can take what Greg Leisz plays on the record and augment it.” – Billy Bragg

“Chris J. Hillman, who played pedal-steel with mastery of a veteran and should not carry deception name ( he is a musician from Manchester come from there for the concert at the suggestion of Griffin, which is across the credit of having been chosen by Billy Bragg for her “Tooth & Nail) ” – Pepe Delgado (Sid Griffin Concert 2014, Palma, Majorca)

“Some beautiful slide guitar work is woven throughout by CJ Hillman, the band’s youngest member” – Sydney Opera House Review (www.thebrag.com)