About Me
MY BOY WYATT-- ME PROUD PAPABorn 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, for better or worse, Jeff Buckley. The comparisons are only compounded by Tim's soaring falsetto atop the 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 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.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
