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There's an impatient excitement for a new poet who wouldn't mind listing Pete Doherty and T. S. Elliot in their reading collection, and it's that rugged and bruised honesty snapped with realism in his words that would put Bristol folk player Elliot Hall into bed with Tom Waits far too well than is comfortably acceptable. Musically, not too experimental, but by playing it simple he's given his songs a timeless appeal that could be the most gleaming thing about this incredibly self-motivated and talented scribe. His voice does't sell the package but it sure does complete it, really making this minstrel a talent to be reckoned with. A rough, gruff and tumble voice that pulls away at lyrics this good is the kind of daydream we need in England to reignite a spark for credible new songwriters. Like a Billy Bragg version of Beans on Toast doing Neil Young, fans of folk, poetry and rock 'n' roll should pay attention to this wholly earnest and breathtakingly awe inspiring rogue wholly earnest and breathtakingly awe inspiring rogue who stands patiently beside a Waits-shaped hole.
'remember the very first time you heard Tom Waits and you thought: "No bloody way"? It's like that with Elliot Hall of Bristol and London. All is shot through with a rare honesty - never do the subject matter of lyrics feel phony. 'Cold' for example, is about caring for for someone with dementia - and is hearbreaking in both simplicity and romance. Hall is what Ray LaMontagne pretends to be. He is heroic and compelling, (Anna Britten, venue magazine)......well I don't know about that but I've put a lot of time and effort into deveoping the craft of song writing and at last some of it seems to be paying off.
I could write this introduction as if it were someone else. I could say about how I was an artist with a certain amount of industry 'buzz' around them or I am receiving alot of 'A&R' interest from record companies. None of this is true, I'm a struggling singer songwriter who has put alot of time and effort into developing the craft of songwriting. I love music and that is why I'm still doing it, it is the first thought that flashes through my brain when I wake up and the last one before I go to bed and most of the ones inbetween as well. Obsessed? Yeah, you're probably right. Sometimes I wish I could stop pursuing this crazy dream because it would make my life a lot simpler but the reality is I can't - I'll be doing this 'till the day I die. So far I've toured Ireland and played most of the decent venues around Bristol and Bath. I play regularly around the UK with my own blend of 'unfluffy' acoustic music. I hoep you like it!
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