Artists:Ellis Paul
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I got a word machine in my head. It's a damn noisy contraption. Constantly running. No "off" switch. I'm cursed. Still. I can't keep 'em in my mouth. Quiet. I think out loud. Too much. The words trip out like a drunk on an obstacle course. I'm trying to get me to somewhere better. I'm looking for that scenic view. Pull over. Listen awhile. Watch for a minute. I like the quiet sometimes. God didn't make all this noise. I hitched rides with a guitar. I bought tickets with songs. I saw the country. I've broken every highway rule. Most more than twice. Fifteen years of asphalt have spun beneath my heels. Ten albums and four hundred songs. A Thousand nights of pull out couches, cotton sheets in cheap motels. Boston to Big Sur. Homer to Homestead. Paris, Texas to Paris, Maine. Exotic places. I dashed between seasons. I never got wet. I could out maneuver the wind. I kept myself dry. I've seen four seasons in a week's time. Flown on the wings of time machines. I've carried the same pack of matches for twenty years, but I've always kept a live flame close by. I'm looking for the next transport. Waiting on a song. I'm getting warm. Listening. ...from the artist's MySpace page
Ellis Paul is one of the leading voices in American songwriting. He was a principle leader in the wave of singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston folk scene, creating a movement that revitalized the national acoustic circuit with an urban, literate, folk pop style that helped renew interest in the genre in the 1990's.
His charismatic, personally authentic performance style has influenced a generation of artists away from the artifice of pop, and closer towards the realness of folk. Though he remains among the most pop-friendly of today's singer-songwriters - his songs regularly appear in hit movie and TV soundtracks - he has bridged the gulf between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger more successfully than perhaps any of his songwriting peers.
Yet to hear him at this crossroads moment in his career, you would think he was just getting started. For years, he has been among the folk circuit's most popular and dependable headliners, with a mailing list of over 20,000 fiercely loyal fans. He has released 14 CDs, and recently explored new media avenues with a documentary/concert DVD called 3,000 Miles, and Notes from the Road, a critically acclaimed book of poems and stories.
In recent years, he has also departed from his solo career to tour and record with longtime compadre Vance Gilbert, and to indulge his deep respect for American folk icon Woody Guthrie. He appeared with the all-star Guthrie tribute tour, Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway. For his Philo CD, The Speed of Trees, he wrote a modern musical setting of Guthrie's unpublished lyric "God's Promise." read more
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| Ellis Paul on MySpace |
| Ellis Paul on Wikipedia |
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| Looking For My Friends | Stories | 4:13 | 8 |  3 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Harmonica | Roll Away Bed | Sweet Mistakes | 3:59 | 9 |  3 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Folk | Last at the Table | Stories | 4:22 | 6 |  1 votes |
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Artist name is|Ellis Paul Last played| more than 1 week ago ---------------------------------------- Show name| Songs by Ellis Paul Length| 15 minutes Order by| random Limit| 3 songs ----------------------------------------
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- Spotlighted: Friday, February 6th 2004
- Songs on WWR: 35
- Total plays: 828
- Total requests: 540
- Total listens: 22184
- CDBaby referrals: 3
- CDBaby sales: Sweet Mistakes (Sold 3 copies)
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