Billy Eli - Trailer Park Angel

Billy's kind of music has a lot of names - Americana, roots rock, country rock, rockin' country, alternative country and alt-country. Whatever you call it, it encompasses the bands and singer-songwriters who would be doing either country in Nashville or rock in LA, if the industry machines in those cities were working with artists instead of music formulas. Looking like a lanky Dave Edmunds on the cover of his CD where he's posed all in black, clutching his fire-red Rickenbacker, you can tell this CD is gonna be one hell of a smoker. With his raspy voice, and his rough and melodic country songs, he will sometimes remind you of Steve Earle.