Curtis Eller's American Circus
Curtis Eller is New York City's angriest yodeling banjo player. He started his show business career at the age of seven as a juggler and acrobat, but has since turned to the banjo because that's where the money is. His biggest musical influences are Buster Keaton, Elvis Presley and Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Eller and his band "The American Circus" have appeared at funerals, horse races, burlesque shows, vaudeville revues and punk rock dumps. He tours the US, Canada and Europe extensively and has shared the stage with strippers contortionists, glass eaters and folksingers.
Previous recorded output proves the band capable of being recorded magnetically. 1890 (2000), Banjo Music For Funerals (2002) and Taking Up Serpents Again (2004) present true stories about pigeon racing and performing elephants and lies about P.T. Barnum and the American War of Northern Aggression.
On the latest American Circus CD "Wirewakers & Assassins" Mr. Eller presents 10 songs about John Wilkes Booth, Joe Louis, Fidel Castro, Jack Ruby and Richard Nixon (as well as the usual tales of drunken Civil War generals and Elvis Presley). As always, sporadic yodeling and some strong language should be expected.
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1890 (Remix)
2011
Banjo songs about rampaging circus elephants, Civil War widows, crooked politicians, performing chimps and circus train derailments.
MP3: $9.00
CD: $14.00
Wirewalkers and Assassins
2008
New York City's angriest yodeling banjo player.
MP3: $9.00
CD: $14.00
Taking Up Serpents Again
2004
Banjo music for funerals by New York City's angriest yodelling banjo player
MP3: $9.00
CD: $14.00