With over 150 songs in his catalogue, Tim has been sought, spotted and almost captured by the likes of Irving Aazoff, Lenny Waronker, and Mo Ostin. Narrowly escaping and settling in New York City (only to re-settle now in London), Tim’s been seen opening oysters in all of the usual haunts on the lower east side of Manhattan: CGGB, Arlene’s Grocery, The Continental, Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, etc.
But much interest and attention has been given to the solo acoustic shows where Tim’s voice and songwriting glow the brightest. Tim has begun traveling the country with his acoustic guitar and voice determined to realize the unique blend of all the elements, within the narrow confinements of one guitar/one voice/one mind.

Tim Ellis Bio

Tim Ellis
Singer-songwriter
New York City/London
0207-470-7532


Born and raised in and around our nation's capital, Tim Ellis received his
musical education at an early age from bleary eyed high school neighbors who
force fed him healthy doses of Elvis, Beatles, Stones, Hendrix and Zeppelin.
With these artists' works stained in his musical vocabulary by the ripe age
of 5, Tim knew well his calling as a singer/songwriter.

After college, new ghosts, living and dead, of another flavor, began
haunting Tim.  Miles, Ella, Billie, Prince, Stevie, and Marvin, and all
spent endless nights spinning above and below his bed telling glowing tales
in true voices.  Like many others he lists Dylan, by far, as his greatest
influence.  Tim's lifelong search to crack the code these artists perfected
is only now being documented, one show at a time, on recording at a time.

With over 150 songs in his catalogue, Tim has been sought, spotted and
almost captured by the likes of Irving Aazoff, Lenny Waronker, and Mo Ostin.
Narrowly escaping and settling in New York City  (only to re-settle now in
London), Tim's been seen opening oysters in all of the usual haunts on the
lower east side of Manhattan: CGGB, Arlene's Grocery, The Continental,
Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, etc.  Many of these shows, he performs with
bass and drums accompanying, drawing comparisons to Jeff Buckley.  The comparisons are only compounded by
Tim's soaring falsetto masking simple dark pop songs beneath the tide.

But much interest and attention has been given to the solo acoustic shows
where Tim's voice and songwriting really stand out.  Tim has begun
traveling the country with his acoustic guitar and voice determined to
realize the unique blend of all the elements, within the narrow confinements
of one guitar/one voice/one mind.

The intimacy and warmth of these performances have garnered critical praise.
With only a guitar and voice these shows don't asked to be categorized but
instead stand alone as powerful storytelling documents.  Whether with one of
his originals or his many soul/jazz interpretations, Tim twists an original
shape and a unique life into these songs that want only to be told again and
again.

Catch this urban troubadour at a dive near you.
www.timellis.com






Tex and Joe Buck Bio

TEX and JOE BUCK

“ they came from a country called Texas, where everything’s big
… even the mistakes”

With a minimalist backing of acoustic guitar, bass and drums, Tex and Joe Buck meld their two distinct voices creating a large diverse sound encompassing soul, rock, and reggae blown through the unifying bubble of Pop. They project a world as seen through their red, weary eyes injecting biting humor, broad political commentary, and yearning sensuality and, as would be expected from two strapping cowhands, SEX.

These two brothers, born from different mothers, were reared under the big sky on the distant plains of Texas by their father, Jett, who was impaled by a raging bull, (not DeNiro) while he and the boys were out punching doggies one day. Witnessing this horrific event forever changed T&J$’s emotional constitution, which can clearly be heard in the timbre of their voices to this day. They were left to be raised by the head ranch hand, Ol’ Blue, one of the original Buffalo Soldiers. Blue, a self-taught guitarist and virtual lexicon of musical knowledge, learned the boys to their very souls the craft of soul singing. These lessons given on countless nights under the stars and around the fire can still be heard in the depth and rhythm of their voices, each pulling a different but equally valuable trait from Ol’ Blue.

As teenagers, exiled in Mexico for both immigrant smuggling (per the federal authorities) and drug smuggling (per the Texas authorities), T&J$ did a brief stint as a matador team in the bullrings of Mexico City, where they got their first taste of adulation and stardom. Many of their unique stage antics (and early stage outfits) came from this period. And though their growing charisma and stage presence agreed with their growing tastes, their career choice made clear they had not come to term with there father’s death. All charges against T&J$ were eventually dropped, but they would never shake the label of rebel outlaws.

Much of their twenties were spent in the Texas Panhandle earning their keep by, well . . . panhandling . . . eventually fine tuning their act on the streets and in the local saloons. They finally left Texas for good when Ol’ Blue died suddenly, and ironically, after being thrown from a malfunctioning mechanical bull at the famed Gilley’s in Dallas, where T&J$’s musical revue was gaining notice.

One fateful night in Sante Fe, the boys were up to their usual antics with two wily Native American sisters, Veronica and Marsha, who slipped the unwitting boys some peyote. T&J$ came to in the Corn Exchange building on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, NY. They were looked after by a good-willed Sicilian musician/studio owner aptly called Spaghetti Western Will. He graciously offered his studio for T&J$ to record their first CD, PORNSTAR, a raucous celebration and cautionary (if not abridged) tale of their adventures thus far. They quickly became a mainstay on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, hounding the usual dives: CBGB, Arlene’s Grocery, The Parkside Lounge, Luna Lounge etc.

As a sad epilogue, Tex, who was never one to learn from experience, woke up, bewildered, one morning in a London flat, flat on his back and flat broke. Separated by the Atlantic Ocean, T&J$ now promote their CD, PORNSTAR on both continents, in the hopes of reuniting their tiny family to create new adventures . . . where everything’s big . . . even the mistakes

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