William Elliott Whitmore
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Anyone heard this guy or seen him live? He sounds like he was plucked off of a back country road in "O Brother Where Art Thou?," and looks like he should be fronting a hardcore metal band. Highly recommended.
A summary from:
http://www.southern.com/southern/band/WILEW/
"William Elliott Whitmore hails from an Iowa horse farm along the banks of the Mississippi River, and his intense love and spiritual understanding of the land is flawlessly conveyed on his albums for Southern Records; a trilogy of albums collecting songs overflowing with mortality, sorrowful joy and attempts to make peace with a conflicted sense of morality.
William's voice sounds decades older than his tattered birth certificate indicates, burnished by smoke and drink and full of emotional depth. While comparisons to the gravelly voice of Tom Waits and the lyrical story telling of Johnny Cash are prevalent (and not altogether inaccurate), Mr. Whitmore is clearly doing more than just regenerating the music of the past."
There's not too much high quality youtube stuff out there, but here's a few good samples.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYrcOih41Y8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c917beFEcKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9v421lq_xU&feature=related
A summary from:
http://www.southern.com/southern/band/WILEW/
"William Elliott Whitmore hails from an Iowa horse farm along the banks of the Mississippi River, and his intense love and spiritual understanding of the land is flawlessly conveyed on his albums for Southern Records; a trilogy of albums collecting songs overflowing with mortality, sorrowful joy and attempts to make peace with a conflicted sense of morality.
William's voice sounds decades older than his tattered birth certificate indicates, burnished by smoke and drink and full of emotional depth. While comparisons to the gravelly voice of Tom Waits and the lyrical story telling of Johnny Cash are prevalent (and not altogether inaccurate), Mr. Whitmore is clearly doing more than just regenerating the music of the past."
There's not too much high quality youtube stuff out there, but here's a few good samples.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYrcOih41Y8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c917beFEcKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9v421lq_xU&feature=related
Skeletons ain't got nowhere to stick their money.
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amazing for sure. highly recommended