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Eli Rhodes

About Me

I'm Eli Rhodes aka Cliff Hacksaw Hascal.......I've loved and lost, lived life, and seen many things that would make grown men cry. I guess that makes me a strong broken-hearted fool with a song constantly in my heart beside that metaphorical glass of whiskey that never leaves the table I sit at. I love the music made by those wearing nudie suits, cowboy boots and bolo ties. I'll proally end up shaking the foundation of music in some way good or bad, either way you are going to hear of the team of Hascal and Stokes and of the band Mute Rooster. In the eternal words of the great Dale Watson "Good luck, and good truckin' tonight."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/09/2006
Band Website: This one...and www.virb.com/elirhodes
Band Members: Eli Rhodes- VOX, Guitar, For Booking Contact Eli by message through this site.
Influences: Mute Rooster, Cougar Clardy, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The International Submarine Band , The Byrds, Vince Gill, Wilco, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, The Jayhawks, Dwight Yoakam, The Rolling Stones, John Mayer, Keith Whitley, Brand New, Chris Thile, Emmylou Harris, Tift Merrit, Something Corporate, Ricky Skaggs, Diamond Rio, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Brent Mason, Alan Jackson, George Strait, Honky Tonkin loud in your face 90's country, drinkin' songs, heartbreak, power ballads, Johnny Dollar.....and way too many other things.
Sounds Like: If John Micheal Hall were trying to sound bad.......what else can I say about this dude, he drives me crazy but also keeps me sane. He introduces me to some of the greatest movies ever made and puts up with my antics all the time. This man deserves a reward.......we commend you JMH! O yea and i sound like myself
Record Label: none

My Blog

About The New Song

Well, funny story really.  Tuesday I did some recording with my friend Justin Addis for his demo and after he left my house I still had the itch to record.  Now I've got plenty of songs that...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Life...

The activity on my site has been very slow on my part lately because I'm working hard with the band...(Mute Rooster) to get some stuff going.  Everything seems to be going well, since the start o...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 20:44:00 GMT

There and Back Again...The Nashvegas Story

Ok, so went to Nashville this past weekend for the NSAI Spring Symposium and it was great! I learned so much and met some great people, and the weekend made me really happy to be a songwriter and has...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:45:00 GMT

Barefoot Annie’s Tonight

Tonight's show at Barefoot Annie's felt close to a personal best as far my performance went, at least I thought. And this show was one of my favorites to play, mainly because the place was so stinkin...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:06:00 GMT

Ecity the 26th

I hope everyone comes out to Ecity Java on January 26th to the show......not because I'm playing, because in the grand scheme of things am I really that important? No.....but you should come check ou...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:32:00 GMT

Lay Your Armor Down

This song is a tribute to my best friend Danny Craft who died of cancer our freshmen year in HS. Danny was a warrior and never gave up his fight until Jesus called him home, this song is a tribute to...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:20:00 GMT