Curtis Eller's American Circus

 Curtis Paul Eller, *1970 Detroit, MI
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS also member of The Bipeds
2000 unknown - Curtis Eller's American Circus (Curtis Eller [vcl/banjo], Gary Langol [steel], Elizabeth Walsh [bass/ piano/ organ/ hmny vcl], Adam Budofsky [drums], Michael Plubkett [snare drum], Rob Curto [accordion], Liisa Yonker [hmny vcl], 1890 Chorus: Jamie B. Wolcott, Maureen O'Boyle, Pegine Walrad)
001 WASHTENAW COUNTY AC 1890
002 FOLLOWING THIS GHOST AC 1890
003 CALL OFF THE INVESTIGATION AC 1890
004 1000 FEET OF THROAT AC 1890
005 THE BRAVEST OF CLIMBERS AC 1890
006 SINNER, YOU BETTER GET READY AC 1890
007 QUEEN OF DETROIT AC 1890
008 THE EXECUTION OF BLACK DIAMOND AC 1890
009 HORNETS IN THE DAISIES AC 1890
010 1890 AC 1890    
2002 poss. New York City - Curtis Eller's American Circus (Curtis Eller [vcl/banjo], Tim Kiah [bass/ hmny vcl], Michael Plunkett [drums], Liisa Yonker [hmny vcll)
011.LAST FLIGHT OF THE PIGEON CLUB Fusebox Pennies
012 DRY LIGHTNING Fusebox Pennies
013 ALASKA  Fusebox Pennies
Tracks above issued on EP Banjo Music For Funerals
2004 poss. New York City - Curtis Eller's American Circus (Curtis Eller [vcl/banjo], Gary Langol [lap steel/piano], Joseph "Joebass" DeJarnett [bass], Chris Moore [drums], Marilee Eitner [accordion/hmny vcl], Joe Exley [tuba], Liisa Yonker [hmny vcl])
014 TAKING UP SERPENTS AGAIN AC 1891
015 HIDE THAT SCAR AC 1891
016 BUSTER KEATON AC 1891
017 SUGAR IN MY COFFIN AC 1891
018 CONEY ISLAND BLUE AC 1891
019 STEPHEN FOSTER AC 1891
020 TWO OF US AC 1891
021 AMELIA EARHART AC 1891
022 RED RED ROBIN AC 1891
023 STAGECOACH AC 1891
2008 poss. New York City - Curtis Eller's American Circus (Curtis Eller [vcl/banjo], Gary Langol [mandolin/lap steel/organ/ bass], Joseph "Joebass" DeJarnette [bass], Chris Moore: [drums/hmny vcl], Rima Fand [violin/hmny vcl], Marilee Eitner [accordion/hmny vcl], Amy Kohn [accordion], Liisa Yonker [hmny vcl])
024 AFTER THE SOIL FAILS AC 1893
025 JOHN WILKES BOOTH (DON'T MAKE US BEG) AC 1893
026 HARTFORD CIRCUS FIRE, 1944 AC 1893
027 SUGAR FOR THE HORSES AC 1893
028 THE CURSE OF CAIN AC 1893
029 SWEATSHOP FIRE AC 1893
030 PLEA OF THE AERIALIST'S WIFE AC 1893
031 DAISY JOSEPHINE AC 1893
032 FIRING SQUAD AC 1893
033 SAVE ME JOE LOUIS AC 1893  
2012 [Saving My Life For A Butcherman] unknown - Curtis Eller's American Circus
034 BUTCHERMAN (SHINE A LIGHT ON THE ABATTOIR) Fusebox Pennies
03401 BUTCHERMAN (SOLO DEMO)
2013 Soundpure Studios, Durham, NC / Studio 808, Charlotte, NC -  Curtis Eller's American Circus (Curtis Eller [vcl/banjo], Shea D. Broussard [bass/hmny vcl],  Joseph Dejarnette/  Douglas Vuncannon [bass], Louis Landry [drums/ percussion/ organ/ piano/ accordion/ melodica/ hmny vcl], Dana Marks [hmny vcl])
035 OLD TIME RELIGION AC 1894
036 1929 AC 1894
037 BUTCHERMAN AC 1894
038 BATTLEFIELD AMPUTATION AC 1894
039 THREE MORE MINUTES WITH ELVIS AC 1894
040 THE HEART THAT FORGAVE RICHARD NIXON AC 1894
041 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOSER AC 1894
042 MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES AC 1894
043 BUSBY BERKELEY FUNERAL AC 1894
044 THUNDER AND BEEHIVES AC 1894
April 2014 [live] various venues, UK -  Curtis Eller's American Circus
04401 THE HEART THAT FORGAVE RICHARD NIXON
04402 OLD TIME RELIGION
04403 HIDE THAT SCAR
04404 QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS
04405 BATTLEFIELD AMPUTATION
04406 AFTER THE SOIL FAILS Fusebox Pennies
04407 SUGAR IN MY COFFIN
04408 THE EXECUTION OF BLACK DIAMOND
04409 RUN ON
04410 BUSBY BERKELEY FAREWELL
Tracks above issued on album Henry Kissinger's Dance Party
2015 unknown, NC -  Curtis Eller's American Circus [-1]/New Town Drunks [-2]
045 THE JOYFUL DEAD -1 Fusebox Pennies
000 LE VAMPIRE -2
046  THE ALBATROSS -1 Fusebox Pennies
000 ALWAYS THE SAME -2
Tracks above issued on EP Baudelaire In A Box: Songs Of Anguish
2018 Bogue Sound Studios, Durham, NC/Studio M, Youngsville, NC -  Curtis Eller's American Circus (Curtis Eller [vcl/banjo/resophonic tnr gt], Dana Marks [ld/hmny vcl],
Hugh Crumley [ac/el bass], Jack Fleishman [drums/ percussion] , Tom Merrigan [piano], William Dawson [vibraphone], Steve Cowles [tnr sax/ flute], Danny Grewen [trombone],
Danny Abrams [bari sax/clarinet], Stacy Wolfson [hmny vcl])
047 RADIATION POISON AC 1895
048 NO SOAP RADIO AC 1895
049 POISON MELODY AC 1895
050 UNION HALL AC 1895
051 THESE BIRDS AC 1895
052 PAY THE BAND AC 1895
053 LENNY BRUCE AC 1895
054 WAIST DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY AC 1895
055 BEFORE THE RIOT AC 1895
056 AFTER THE RIOT AC 1895
057 NO WORDS TO CHOOSE AC 1895  
Btw 2000-2021 [live] unknown -   Curtis Eller's American Circus
05701 RADIATION POISON Fusebox Pennies
05702 LENNY BRUCE Fusebox Pennies
05703 NO SOAP RADIO Fusebox Pennies
2020 unknown, NC - Curtis Eller's American Circus
058 THIS IS CHRISTMAS TIME (1972) digital single [rel. Dec. 17, 2020]/ Fusebox Pennies
2021 unknown, NC -  Curtis Eller's American Circus
059 HERE COMES NEW YEAR'S DAY digital single [rel. Dec. 26, 2021]/ Fusebox Pennies
2024 or sooner Studio 808, Charlotte, NC -  Curtis Eller's American Circus (musicians see below)
060 WE KNOW THIS BY HEART
061 I SAW FAY WRAY
062 ANOTHER NICE MESS
063 AN ONLY CHILD
Tracks above issued on album Another Nice Mess
2024 Sioux Sioux Studio, Charlotte,  NC -  Curtis Eller's American Circus (Curtis Eller [vcl/banjo], Stacy Wolfson [ld/hmny vcl], Joseph DeJarnette [bass], Hugh Crumley [ac/el bass/ bck vcl], Andy Lyth [drums/ percussion/ timpani/bck vcl], Chris Walldorf [church bells/cicadas/ mellotron],  Rima Fand [violin/viola], Steve Cowles [sax/ flite/ singing saw], Saffy Lyth [bck vcl])
064 TRUE LOVE IN THE EXCLUSION ZONE
065 GODDAMN LOSER
066 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
067 CARRY THE FACES (FOR MARTHA WILLS)
068 SONNY LISTON TOLD US
069 STANDARD WHITE JESUS
070 TIME MOVES SLOW (FOR LILLIAN LEITZEL)
Tracks above issued on album Another Nice Mess

    




ALBUMS
Curtis Ellers AC 1890 1890: Washtenaw County; Following This Ghost; Call Off The Investigation; 1000 Feet of Throat; The Bravest of Climbers; Sinner, You Better Get Ready; Queen of Detroit; The Execution Of Black Diamond; Hornets in the Daisies; 1890  - 23-10-00 (remixed and reissued in 2011)
Curtis Ellers AC 1891 Taking Up Serpents Again:  Taking Up Serpents Again; Hide That Scar; Buster Keaton; Sugar In My Coffin; Coney Island Blue; Stephen Foster; Two Of Us; Amelia Earhart; Red Red Robin; Stagecoach - 23-10-04
Curtis Ellers AC 1893 Wirewalkers and Assassins: After the Soil Fails; John Wilkes Booth (Don't Make Us Beg); Hartford Circus Fire, 1944; Sugar for the Horses; The Curse of Cain; Sweatshop Fire; Plea of the Aerialist's Wife; Daisy Josephine; Firing Squad; Save Me Joe Louis  - 07-04-08
Curtis Ellers AC 1894 How To Make It In Hollywood: Old Time Religion; 1929; Butcherman; Battlefield Amputation; Three More Minutes with Elvis; The Heart That Forgave Richard Nixon; If You're Looking for a Loser; Moses in the Bulrushes; Busby Berkeley Funeral; Thunder and Beehives  - 31-01-14    
Curtis Ellers no # Henry Kissinger's Dance Party: Live in the UK: The Heart That Forgave Richard Nixon; Old Time Religion; Hide That Scar; Questions and Concerns; Battlefield Amputation; After the Soil Fails; Sugar in my Coffin; The Execution of Black Diamond; Run On; Busby Berkeley Farewell  - 09-06-15
Curtis Ellers AC 1895 A Poison Melody:  Radiation Poison; No Soap Radio; Poison Melody; Union Hall; These Birds; Pay the Band; Lenny Bruce; Waist Deep In the Big Muddy; Before the Riot; After the Riot; No Words to Choose  - 30-05-19
Curtis Ellers no # Fusebox Pennies: Collected Singles:  This is Christmas Time (1972); Here Comes New Year's Day; Bury the Light (The Bipeds); Radiation Poison (Live); Lenny Bruce (Live); No Soap Radio (Live); After the Soil Fails; The Joyful Dead (Baudelaire in a Box); The Albatross (Baudelaire in a Box); Butcherman (Shine a Light on the Abattoir); Dry Lighning; Alaska; Last Flight of the Pigeon Club - 07-10-22
Curtis Ellers  no # Another Nice Mess: True Love in the Exclusion Zone;  Goddamn Loser;  Conscientious Objector;  We Know This by Heart ;  Carry the Faces (For Martha Wills);  Another Nice Mess;  Sonny Liston Told Us;  An Only Child;  Standard White Jesus; Time Moves Slow (For Lillian Leitzel);  I Saw Fay Wray - 08-10-24
    

    
EPs
Curtis Ellers no # Banjo Music For Funerals: .Last Flight of the Pigeon Club; Dry Lightning; Alaska  - 23-10-02
Curtis Ellers no # Baudelaire in a Box: Songs of Anguish: The Joyful Dead; New Town Drunks - Le Vampire; The Albatross; New Town Drunks - Always the Same - 27-05-15