Eli plays bass and guitar with a variety of NYC-based artists. See the calendar for upcoming dates.
Influences
SONGWRITING:
Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Richard Shindell, Woody Guthrie, Ben Folds, Peter Mulvey, Crosby Stills & Nash, Lennon & McCartney, Mark Twain, David Sedaris, Raymond Carver, musical theater, traditional music, folklore, storytelling
BASS:
Bakithi Kumalo, Paul McCartney, Jim Creeggan
Sounds Like
Paul Simon, Richard Shindell, Peter Mulvey, Paul McCartney
Eli Maniscalco writes songs about people he’s never known, places he’s never seen, and things he’s never done.
With a storyteller’s eye for detail, a folksinger’s passion and enthusiasm, and an often quirky sense of humor, he invites comparisons to Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Woody Guthrie and others. While his lyric writing is rooted in the folk tradition, his influences range from folk to jazz to musical theater, with classic rock and other styles thrown in as well.
In 2007 Maniscalco released his debut EP entitled “Everything You Say”, and since 2003 he has been half of the comic folk duo Russ & Eli. He is also a versatile multi-instrumentalist and composer, working as a sideman for various artists in the New York area.
Hi Eli, I'm having a CD release show and would love it if you came! I hope all's well and to see you at the show :)
Annie Crane's release of... "Through the Farmlands & the Cities" Thursday May 21 at The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, btwn Houston & Bleecker doors at 7:30/show at 8:00pm $5 cover Full Band Show!
I hope I can come on Saturday. Postcrypt is a great venue and I'm glad you are going to be playing there. If I'm back from Virginia in time I will definitely come to hear you.
Hey eli, Thank you for listening! Damn i love your guitars!! Great sound! You got such great tunes man! It's cool to have a friend in common, maybe we'll meet someday. Let me know on anything happening! And please, come download my EP for free on my page. Love, (cause we need it) haha
HEY! now im not gonna be all sleazy and pretend that im actually saying hello, 'cause its gonna be pretty obvious that this is a mass-produced message. But the good thing is, there are no evil intentions I need to disguise anyway! I'm simply writing cause me and my band are playing a show tomorrow night and naturally we want people to come. It's at Public Assembly, 70 N. 6th St. in Williamsburg, and we're on at 7:30. $10 - but we'll make that up to you. sheesh! If only everyone was this straightforward, people would fall in love more often!
Thanks for tracking us down on here! It was good meeting and hearing you yesterday... hopefully we'll cross paths again sooner than later. Peace & Respect...
