William Elliott Whitmore
Years Active: 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock, Folk, Country, Blues
Styles: Neo-Traditional Folk, Alternative Country, Traditional Folk, Americana, Alt-Country, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Blues Gospel, Folk-Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Folk-Blues
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With a voice that sounds like the reincarnation of an old gospel preacher from the 1920s and a fascination with sin, death, and redemption to match, William Elliott Whitmore is one of the most unique artists to emerge on the Americana scene in years. The son of a farmer and raised on a horse farm on the banks of the Mississippi River outside of Keokuk, IA, Whitmore's songs have a stark universality that is sketched out with minimal instrumentation, usually just a banjo or guitar and a smattering of percussion. Whitmore is rumored to have gotten...
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