Curtis Eller: banjo & lead vocal Liisa Yonker: harmony vocal Marilee Eitner: squeezebox & harmony Joseph DeJarnette: upright bass Chris Moore: drums Joe Exley: tuba Gary Langol: lap steel & piano
Curtis Eller is New York City's angriest yodelling banjo player. He sings about pigeon racing, performing elephants and Jesus, all of which he has seen with his own eyes. He started his show-business career at the age of seven as a juggler and acrobat in the Hiller Olde Tyme Circus in Detroit, but has since turned to the banjo because that's where the money is. His biggest musical influences are Buster Keaton, Elvis Presley and Abraham Lincoln.
On the lastest American Circus CD Wirewalkers & Assassins This time Mr. Eller presents 10 songs about John Wilkes Booth, Joe Louis, Jack Ruby, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon and the Hartford circus fire of 1944 (as well as the usual references to Elvis Presley and various Civil War generals). As always, sporadic yodeling and some strong language should be expected.
Hey Curtis, thanks for having me up there with you. I had a great time making music with you and I look forward to doing it again soon! You're an amazing performer.
...dear Curtis...the twang of a banjo or two, resonates pure on the heartstrings of this Australienne/French/Belgian....gal ...x0x...lyndelle ... . . ...whereas my grandaddy wasnt often seen without his accordéon ... .. .
Walter Sickert & THe ARmy of BRoken TOys: The Changeling Princeton: Eminent Victorians 127: Ostokhoon Jo Gabriel: Firefly Marie MacGillis & the Model Millionaires: I Can't Give You Anything but Love Patsy Cline: She's Got You Verckys & Orchestre Veve: Marcello Tozongana Bad Luck City: The Girls of St Magdalene's Parish Melora Creager: Warbots Wovenhand: Cohawkin Road Desar: Social Experiment Sixteen Horsepower: Poor Mouth (live) Sterilize Stereo: The Great Division Dresden Dolls: The Sheep Song Gogol Bordello: Mishto Nathan Wade & the Dark Pioneers: All You Shadows The Nichols Family Gospel Hour: Chapter 1: Sadness, Sin & Wasted Skin Elvis Costello: Green Shirt Blanche: Do You Trust Me? Danzig: White Devil Rise Curtis Eller's American Circus: Daisy Josephine Christian Williams: Too Late Mohlavyr: Whatever Esmerelda Strange: Pity Party Fire Water: Three Legged Dog Painted Saints: Tinder
Juan Prophet Organization: Treading Water Red Ravens: Stone Heart Waltz Esmerelda Strange: Gay Boyfriend Curtis Eller's American Circus: Sweat Shop Fire Nathan Wade & the Dark Pioneers: Sweat Through Luna Tart: Johnny's Money The Choir Practice:I See Things Sterilize Stereo: Berzerka Mazurka Jimmy Borsch & His Happy Country Boys: Dancing Polka 127: Ostokhoun Walter Sickert & THe ARmy of BRoken TOys: Escape & Lacerations Mohlavyr: Whatever Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau: Missionary Man Shiner Hobo Band: Snow Flower Polka Christian Williams: Bison Jump Bill Campbell & the Bitter Suite: The Sea Abandoned Toys: The Great Dreaming Swan Princeton: Leonard Woolf Tuba Meisters: Edelweiss Fire Water: This is My Life Desar: Decaying Events One Ring Zero: Frankenstein Monster Song Neko Case & Her Boyfriends: Guided by Wire Cherry Poppin' Daddies: Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line Vrazels & Majeks & Bobby Jones Czech Band: Corn Cockle Polka Jo Gabriel: Bulldozer Tom Waits: Day After Tomorrow Ray Baca & His Orchestra: Wooden Heart Dresden Dolls: Lonesome Organist Rapes Page-Turner Sixteen Horsepower: Harm's Way (live) Knutsch Band: Zwei Wie Mir Zwei Pink Floyd: Mother (Film Version) Marie MacGillis & the Model Millionaires: From Monday On
Thanks fer befriending me. Though not closely related, I see some affinity between the songs you have on yr page and some of my own. Let me know if yr coming to Montreal.
