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LISTENING TO ROOTS musician [William Elliott Whitmore] holler a string of blues numbers and murder ballads on his newest album, Ashes to Dust, reminds me of hearing The Black Keys for the first time. Like Dan Auerbach, the Keys' singer and guitarist, Whitmore is relatively young, especially for a bluesman: He's 27. You'd never guess that from hearing his voice alone -- his lyrics are delivered in a gruff, gravelly tone that makes him sound at least three decades older, and possibly wiser, and more battered and weather-beaten by hard times.
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William Elliott Whitmore; Murder-Ballad Blues
LISTENING TO ROOTS musician William Elliott Whitmore holler a string of blues numbers and mur...
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