William Elliott Whitmore

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Hailing from a horse farm along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River, William Elliott Whitmore has developed an intense love and spiritual understanding of the land, which he flawlessly conveys through his second Southern Records release, Ashes to Dust.

With a voice that sounds decades older than he is and full of emotional depth, William again delivers his unique signature style. While comparisons to the gravely voice of Tom Waits and the lyrical story telling of Johnny Cash fly throughout reviews of William’s music, all agree that this Iowan is onto something more than just regenerating the music of the past.

Perhaps one of the reasons can be found in the instrumentation William uses in recording his songs, relying mostly on the basics while allowing his vocal delivery to provide a true sense of rural being. But clearly, it is heard in his stories: personal stories of , love found and then lost, to never be found again. “Midnight”, the opening track for instance, was born out of the feeling of displacement. “Diggin My Grave” which originally appeared on a limited edition self-titled cd, speaks of the need, for some reason or another, to kill yourself slowly. “Lift My Jug” (songs for Hub Cale) is a song of the first, honest to god hobo he ever knew and how meeting him at the young impressionable age of six, greatly influenced his life. The closing track, “Porchlight”, is the story of William’s father, one of a dying farmer’s last request.
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New Album 'Field Songs' Due Out July 12!

12 Apr 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/williamewhitmore

On his forthcoming new album Field Songs, due out July 12th on Anti-Records, impassioned troubadour William Elliott Whitmore documents a vanishing American landscape with all the heartfelt …

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