Music Style Folk/Rock, Americana/Pop

Musical Influences Neil Young, John Hiatt, Jimmy Webb, Chet Baker

Artist History Howard Bishop Ellis has written and performed throughout the Midwest since his college days at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He collaborates extensively with other songwriters in the Milwaukee area, composing, recording, and performing. Ellis’ songs fall within the adult pop, alt/folk, and Americana genres, and he also composes for film and video. Ellis has performed regionally with The Vainglorious (with Alex Hofmann), Womens' Liberace (with Allen Keller), Angels of the Himalayas (with Timothy Gilbert), and The Us Project (with Scott Berendt). He has played at Summerfest, Rainbow Summer, Bastille Days, the Locust Street Festival, and at numerous clubs in Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison, and Nashville. He has also appeared locally in dance theater performances with Danceworks and members of Et Tois Tu Danses?, and on Minnesota Public Television. Several of his compositions were used in 2002 in an independent film project, "3:47" , by Dan Wilson and Bartoli Filmworks in Milwaukee.

Instruments Guitars, keys, lap steel

Albums Arms of Love

Additional Info Write to Howard Bishop Ellis: beauellis@aol.com

Location Milwaukee, WI - USA

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