Elliot Randall

First off, Happy Thanksgiving! While I don’t have any turkey influenced music today, I do have something just as American as our favorite turkey holiday to share.

I have no idea how I missed San Francisco based Elliot Randall during my college days running around Northern California, oh yeah, I actually went to class! And no, this isn’t the same guitar slinging Elliot Randall from Steely Dan. This Elliot embodies everything I love about Americana music.

He is definitely worth checking out for anyone who likes Ryan Adams as there have been numerous comparisons. But this doesn’t mean that he can’t stand on his own two feet and bring something original and inviting to the table. I can’t remember the last time I actually enjoyed ALL four songs on anyone’s myspace page, but I have been repeating Elliot’s over and over again.

Thanks to Heather at I Am Fuel, You Are Friends, which is a pretty cool music blog by the way, for exposing me to Elliot. I have been addicted ever since, and am on my way over to CD Baby right now, fumbling with the credit card as I type, to pick up his independent release “Take the Fall.”

The fact that this is an independent release I think is noteworthy. And I don’t mean independent in the sense of an independent record label. According to his Myspace, he doesn’t have a label. Great record, no label, amazing if you ask me!

Photo Credit: Margaret Jow