William Elliott Whitmore

melophobe saw William Elliott Whitmore once, in November 2008, at Cafe 939, Boston.

The show

  1. November 15, 2008

    Murder By Death and William Elliott Whitmore

    Cafe 939, Boston, MA

    Words by Todd Harrington, photos courtesy of Vagrant Records

    1 photo

Fifty-word review

Animals In The Dark

Borrow It

William Elliot Whitmore’s voice sounds like cigars and whiskey. On Animals In The Dark, those wizened vocal chords croon the type of social commentary you might listen to on a summertime farmhouse porch – critical of the state of things, but imbued with a genial, upbeat wink at the listener.

Reminds us of Tom Waits | A.A. Bondy | That one Crash Test Dummies song
By Chris Barth, September 14, 2009

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