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The Mill Local Spotlight: William Lee Ellis
April 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Acclaimed roots music artist William Lee Ellis is a fingerpicking guitarist and songwriter who has been hailed a “wizard on steel strings” (Blues Revue) and “one of our finest contemporary songwriters” (Living Blues).
His latest album, the Yellow Dog release Ghost Hymns, was a Blues Music Awards nominee for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year and proclaimed one of 2023’s best records by DownBeat,Blues Music magazine, and others. The son of banjo/fiddle composer Tony Ellis, William holds a PhD in ethnomusicology, has played Mountain Stage, MerleFest, and the Kennedy Center among many venues, and is a guitar-instructing alum of Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch and Augusta Blues Week.
William Lee Ellis will join us for a three week residency at The Mill: Thursday April 9th, April 16th and April 23rd. He will be accompanied by Steve Feinbloom (bass) & Ralph Lane (guitar).
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