To preview what’s in the download, you can listen to Elliott Smith cover The Beatle’s “Blackbird”. We hand-picked three shows that we love – for free download below. Though we lost Smith a decade ago, you can rest easy knowing the has wonderfully preserved his live shows. Smith cites Bob Dylan and The Beatles among his major influences, and it’s easy to see (hear) why.ĭark and often melancholy, Smith’s music sounds the way lying with your face to the floor feels. Beloved by fellow artists, his songs fill the soundtracks of critically-acclaimed films: Good Will Hunting, American Beauty and The Royal Tenenbaums. Ward In today’s Friday Download, we have music from Elliott Smith: The widely-celebrated folk-punk singer with a huge cult following.
įor fans of Colin Meloy, Bright Eyes, Bob Dylan, Iron & Wine, Okkervil River, M. OR Elliott Smith - Either/Or: Expanded Edition DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. OR Elliott Smith - Either/Or: Expanded Edition 2CD. Elliott had a difficult childhood saying he might've been sexually abused by his stepfather. His parents divorced when he was 6 months old and he moved with his mother Bunny, a music teacher, to Duncanville, Texas. Elliott Smith was born Steven Paul Smith in 1969 in Omaha, Nebraska.
