"RUSS VARNELL IS ONE HELL OF A SINGER" ~ BUCK OWENS

 "WE'RE PROUD OF YOU RUSS FOR KEEPING IT REAL!!!" ~ JIM & JON HAGER (THE HAGER TWINS)

"THE BEST BAND WE'VE EVER HAD HERE" ~ DAVID'S NEW RED BARN EDENTON NC

"RUSS VARNELL IS A TRUE FRIEND WHO KNOWS WHAT REAL COUNTRY MUSIC IS AND THAT'S COOL NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE" ~ JASON D. SMITH

"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, RUSS, YOU'VE GOT TALENT.  I'VE HEARD A LOT OF COUNTRY AND WESTERN SINGERS, LIKE RANDY TRAVIS... HE USED TO WAIT ON ME BEFORE HE BECAME A STAR!  YOU CAN BE ONE OF THE GREAT COUNTRY AND WESTERN SINGERS IN THIS COUNTRY.  ALL YOU NEED IS  SOMEBODY TO GIVE YOU A BREAK." LASORDA ADDED, "IF I WASN'T IN BASEBALL, I TELL YOU, I'D BE YOUR AGENT.  I'D LET EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY HEAR YOU." ~ TOMMY LASORDA, BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER & FORMER LA DODGERS MANAGER 

"I LOVE YOU GUYS.  YA'LL CAN DO ANYTHING!" ~ EL MATADOR, LOUISBURG

A GREAT BAND, A GREAT SHOW, RUSS REALLY KNOWS HOW TO WORK A CROWD!

"RUSS VARNELL & HIS TOO COUNTRY BAND & THE LONGBRANCH - A PERFECT

COMBINATION!" ~ LONGBRANCH SALOON, RALEIGH NC

"RUSS VARNELL IS A REAL FINE COUNTRY SINGER" ~  STONEWALL JACKSON, COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND & OPRY STAR 

"I THINK RUSS VARNELL WILL & SHOULD BE ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY SOON" ~ JENNIFER HERRON, MC MIDNIGHT JAMBOREE & WSM RADIO

RUSS - KEEP THE GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC GOING! ~ COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND & GRAND OLE OPRY STAR, JIM ED BROWN

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE AS PASSIONATE AS RUSS IS ABOUT KEEPING REAL COUNTRUSIC  ALIVE ~ SANDRA SMITH WHIGTV STATION MANAGER.

Russ has got the suits, the hair, the guitar, & the know how he is the whole package the REAL DEAL! ...... Keith Bilbrey former Grand Ole Opry Announcer & RFDTV Host

So many of us in NC are trying to have success with our bands playing traditional country music well guys Russ Varnell was doing it before any of us were here and he still is.... Phil Wise Guitarist & Ice House Theatre Owner 

 Russ Varnell is the only man i know that out dresses me when he comes to the Opry...

Whispering Bill Anderson

Grand Ole Opry Legend & Country Music Hall of Fame Member.

More coming soon......