"(Mark) Mansfield is one of the only songwriters around to effortlessly stretch rock to its R&B and C&W roots while remaining as engagingly melodic as the early Beatles." 　　 Robert Hull, CREEM 　　 　　" . . . hillbilly, and garage moves wrapped around great original songs" 　　 Joe Sasfy, CITY PAPER 　　 　　" . . . a directness and romantic-loner vision Marty Robbins would have admired, and a weakness for rip-'em-up double-time twang Johnny Horton would have recognized" 　　 Eve Zibart, WASHINGTON POST 　　 　　"Roy Orbison country . . . with grand heartbreak melodramas" 　　 Jon Storey, BUCKETFULL OF BRAINS 　　 　　From 1987 to 1991, Mark Mansfield led one of Washington, DC's most innovative rock 'n' roll bands, The Redeemers, creating a potent blend of hillbilly-fueled country and Everlyesque balladry propelled by a 60's garage blitz and pure 100-proof rock 'n' roll. Love's Final Round, Mansfield’s first solo CD, was recorded with a limited pressing in 1991.