I saw William Elliot Whitmore last week do an in-store at Cactus Music and then later that night at Fitzgeralds. This guy is in the full swing of his craft… I haven’t been moved by music like this in a long time. I think it’s because his writing style is so vastly different than those that I love more close to home.
Right after the in-store I shook his hand, left and sat in my truck for a few minutes trying to collect my thoughts. Not many words would surface, in fact the only words I could write down were:
I closed my eyes to block out all the visuals… to let his music hit me like it’s meant to… what I felt, hit me like a freight train blowing down the rails
that about sums it up..no other words will do. He was raised an Iowa farm boy that’s not too far from what we see here in Texas. Maybe that’s why I like his writing so much. It’s different enough to be new, but close enough to be real.
His songs give me hope for America. For life. For people. For me.
Check him out of you haven’t… it might be what you need to be refreshed.
“There Is Hope For You” by William Elliot Whitmore
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“Midnight” by William Elliot Whitmore
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