“He is a great, great, great guitar player.”

-Dave Alvin, The Blasters

“Ott comes off as a guitar hero of the first degree, able to serve up everything from flashing acoustic runs to notes that fall like teardrops on a honky-tonk floor.”  “A marvelous player, he has more delicious tones and shadings at his disposal than a gambling cheat has face cards...his sizzling soloing simultaneously rings like a bell and tears like a saw.”

-Mike Boehm, The Los Angeles Time

“Ott’s playing is always strikingly melodic, as economical or wildly expansive as the moment dictates.”

-Randy Lewis, The Los Angeles Times