Ashes To Dust
Southern Records
ROCK
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 second SOUTHERN full length, ‘Ashes To Dust’. ‘Ashes To Dust’ collects nine new original songs riddled by mortality, and struggling to interpret and 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. Dark tales of life, love, loneliness, and loss are the cornerstones for his new album. These universal themes of desperation and redemption served CHARLEY PATTON, ROBERT JOHNSON, and HENRY ROLLINS well... and Whitmore has perfected his own strain of the rural folk blues.
WIRE \"This is American folk music stripped to its basics but freed of any stultifying reverence. Whitmore writes originals which sound timeless in a voice which doesn’t fit his comparative youth.\"
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Midnight
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The Day The End Finally Came
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When Push Comes To Love
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Diggin My Grave
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The Buzzards Wont Cry
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Sorest Of Eyes
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Lift My Jug
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Gravel Road
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Porchlight
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