If you haven't yet listened to the music of William Elliott Whitmore, stop what you are doing and stream the two tracks below.
My wife and I have been lucky enough to have seen William Elliott Whitmore live a few times, and his performances have (without fail) floored me. Every single time. With a gruff and booming voice that has been compared to Tom Waits and Johnny Cash, he plays rural folk blues that even hardcore kids and punks can relate to. Throw some banjo, guitar, and harmonica into the mix and what you have is music you can stomp your feet to.
Hailing from an Iowa farm along the banks of the Mississippi River, William Elliott Whitmore is a scruffy, tattooed, almost punk-lookin' guy that sings these gut-wrenching songs about loss with so much conviction that he gave me chills. If I didn't know better, I'd swear his songs were 60 year old blues standards. His latest album Song Of The Blackbird is out now on Southern Records as well as his recent collaboration with Jenny Hoyston (from Erase Errata) called Hallways Of Always. Fantastic songs that are great on the records, but that resonate so much more live.
MP3 | William Elliott Whitmore - Dry Song Of The Blackbird
MP3 | William Elliott Whitmore - Black Iowa Dirt Hallways Of Always
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Would love to see Whitmore live, bought his latest CD recently, his voice is surely unique.
http://dontwantyouropinion.blogspot.com/2007/01/to-make-point-ive-made-8-times-before.html
Sorry. Here's a link.
http://www.tiny.cc/p8but
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