“... A Guitar Guru!” USA TODAY
“The music you make is very beautiful.” John Cage, American avant-garde composer.
“I like your rhythm.” Frank Zappa.
“You’re an orchestra... Son House meets Stravinsky.” Col. Hampton B. Coles (ret.), performed with Hendrix
“Great... there is nobody like you.” Pat Martino, guitar virtuoso, after playing a composition Steve wrote for Pat.
“Nice... nice.” Jazz virtuoso Joe Pass regarding Steve’s playing, after performing with Joe live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco.
“You are THE MAN.Y” Barry Zito, Oakland A’s starting pitcher and Cy Young award winner.
“The very unique Steve Dukes.” Charles Brewer, founder and former CEO, Mindspring, after hearing Steve perform.
“You’re one of a kind... a breed apart.” King Biscuit Flower Hour, KFFA Radio, Helena, Arkansas, after Steve’s live radio performance on the oldest running blues radio program in the Mississippi Delta.
“You are the Elvis of guitar teachers.” Jan Smith, teacher of Justin Bieber, Alicia Keys, Matchbox 20, TLC.
“You are the best teacher of anything I have ever seen.” Atlanta Episcopal Priest Gray Temple
“You’re the best teacher I ever had.” Marty Aron, student, Richmond, Virginia, 1976.
“You’re the best teacher I ever had.” Melody Dillingham, student, Memphis, Tennessee, 1985.
“You're the best teacher I ever had.” Randy Kessler, student, San Francisco, California, 2002.
"You are the best guitar teacher...and unique." Jack Weber, student, San Francisco, California, 2018.
"If Hendrix played acoustic... It would sound like this." Kelly Jordon, 1988
"If Hendrix played acoustic... It would sound like this." Angela Tornatore, 2014
"You are a genius guitar player." Jan Samzelius, San Francisco opera singer, 2016