“Acute folk sensibility…” ~The Wall Street Journal
“Funny guy, funny stories!” ~The Kearney Hub, Kearney, Nebraska
“Andy Offutt Irwin is to music what Robin Williams is to stand-up comedy… Best one-man show in Atlanta.” ~ Gregory Nicoll, Creative Loafing Magazine
“A Giant of Storytelling…” ~Brandywine East Community News – Hockessin, Delaware
“One of the funniest, most creative talents I’ve ever seen. He knocked my socks off !” ~ Pierce Pettis
“Andy Offutt Irwin…has a comedic sense of storytelling. He weaves his spot-on impressions and sound effects into his stories about everyday life.” ~Chillicothe Gazette, Chillicothe, Ohio
“Chlamydomonas by Andy Offutt Irwin… is the best song ever!” ~Laurens Mets, University of Chicago
“Ever the Storyteller!” ~ Kearney Hub, Kearney, Nebraska
“Amazing interactive folk music from an eccentric who punctuates his tunes with humorous anecdotes… A fiendishly clever union of Tom Lehrer’s topicality … cut with Bobby McFerrin-style mouth music. Andy Offutt Irwin’s shows are good quirky fun…” ~The Atlanta Journal / Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia
“Andy connects with his audience like a quirky counselor engaging kids around a campfire.” ~Jackie Kennedy, Georgia Magazine
“Andy Offutt Irwin had an aura about him which demanded immediate attention, and it was well worth it…sharp songs that have just the right touch of humor and knowingness without becoming arch.” ~Jim Foley, KXCI-FM, Tucson, Arizona
“We’re all still talking about Offutt ?here in Nebraska. His debut created such a panic that the Governor ordered the National Guard to help move everyone to Wyoming.? But, now that the dust has cleared, his music and message still warm our hearts. Offutt…isn’t that an Air Force Base in Omaha?” ~Scott Evans, The Nebraska Messenger
“With a manic Silly Putty voice, astonishing mouth noises, and hilarious stories, he is equal parts mischievous schoolboy and the Marx Brothers,?peppered with a touch of the Southern balladeer.?Andy is one vibrantly odd bird, with feathers that tease, tickle?and tug at the heart –?And a whopper of a personality, which barely fits in most rooms.?People are drawn to him like magnets to a refrigerator.?And inside, it’s all Mountain Dew and Jolt Cola.” ~Frank Rabey
“Storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin loves to regale his audience with tales about his fictional aunt, Marguerite Van Camp who he describes as an active octogenarian, a newly licensed doctor, an avid bridge player and a recovering racist.” ~ Johnson City Press, Johnson City, Tennessee
“Storyteller, musician and entertainer extraordinaire… Thrill along to his unusual sound effects and world class whistling!” ~ Mountain Area Information Network, Western North Carolina
When my wife said she wanted to go to a storytelling festival, I wanted to cry because I knew I’d have to go too. This was one of the times when giving into my wife really paid off. Every performance was excellent and Mr. Offutt Irwin was hilarious. A new fan – Hal Roth, audience member Patchwork Tales, Rock Hill, SC
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