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Straighter Road
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Straighter Road
Released: Nov 21, 2007
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General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Country / Rock

    Location Munich, DE

    Profile Views: 92172

    Last Login: 2/22/2012

    Member Since 2/2/2006

    Website www.markusrill.net

    Record Label Blue Rose Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ....Where Do We Go From Here? (w/ Annika Fehling).... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....What Might've Been.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Can't Help Falling In Love.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Straighter Road.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Me & Bonnie Parker .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .."Songs shimmering beautifully with ambiguity ... brilliant lyrics".. ..Rolling Stone/Germany.... .."Sharply drawn flesh & blood-characters. A songwriter with boot-dirt authenticity".. ..Miles Of Music/USA.... .. "Europe's premier Americana artist" ....Rootstime/Gelgium.... .."If voices were highways, Markus Rill's would be gravel ... like Steve Earle, Tom Waits, and Lucinda Williams, Rill excels at songwriting." .. ..PureMusic/USA.... .."He could teach those guys in Texas a few lessons" .. ..Village Records/USA)..... "Markus Rill has a Texas-style Americana growl shaken (not stirred) into the dusty dirt road of his guitar playing".. ..Northwest Folklife/USA.... ..About Markus Rill:....Markus Rill's songs will move you and make you think. This German-born, Texas-schooled and Nashville-refined artist is the genuine article. His one-of-a-kind sandstone voice, rough-edged mix of rock'n'roll, country, folk and blues and his concise lyrics have earned him acclaim from artists as diverse as Tom Waits, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Ray Davies of The Kinks and Robert Smith of The Cure. His passionate and no-frills performances have won over audiences in the USA, the UK, Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands... ..Markus Rill's last three albums topped the EuroAmericana Chart, a number of his songs have won prestigious awards and he's the only German artist on the renowned Blue Rose record label, home of songwriting icons like Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earle and John Hiatt. Three of Rill's songs have been featured in American independent movies... ..And yet, despite his success in roots music circles, Rill's name is hardly a household commodity. That may be partly due to his refusal to commercialize himself and his music, partly to the corporate music industry's inability to sell anything other than assembly line product... ..If you like honest, hard-hitting, handmade music, do yourself a favor and check out Markus Rill... ..Rill has shared the stage with Townes van Zandt, Dire Straits co-founder David Knopfler, Tom Russell, Chris Knight, Jason Ringenberg, Hazeldine, Steve Wynn, Hal Ketchum and countless others and recorded with Duane Jarvis, Fats Kaplin, Steve Conn, Dave Jacques and Bryan Owings... ..Awards:.. ..Winner International Songwriting Competition Stocking Stuffer 2009.. ..1st prize winner International Narrative Song Competion 2007.. ..International Songwriting Competition finalist 2005, 2006 , 2007 and 2008.. ..Top Ten winner UK Songwriting Contest 2008.. ..West Coast Songwriters International Song Contest 2008 honorable mention.. ..South Florida Folk Festival finalist 2007.. ..American Songwriter magazine competition finalist 2006.. ..Unisong Song Contest honorable mention 2006 & 2007.. ........ ....Myspace Layouts.. by Pimp-My-Profile.com..

  • Members

    I usually play solo or duo shows, most often accompanied by Felix Leitner (guitar, dobro). .. ..Markus Rill & The Troublemakers .. are:..myself - vocals, guitar, harmonica..Felix Leitner - guitars, dobro, vocals..Chris Reiss - bass..Aggi Berger - drums ..and - whenever he's available - Andi Obieglo - piano, accordion, vocals.. The Things That Count was recorded in Nashville, TN. with:.. Joe McMahan - guitars, cavaquinho .. Dave Jacques - upright bass .. Bryan Owings - drums, percussion.. Jen Gunderman - piano, organ, accordion .. Richard McLaurin - lap & pedal steel, mandolin, vocals .. Dave Coleman, Claire Small, Mack Starks - vocals ..

  • Influences

    Townes van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Dave Alvin, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin, James McMurtry etc... And then I guess there's Hemingway, Robert Frost, David Gates, Larry McMurtry, Raymond Chandler ... those kinds of boys.

  • Sounds Like

    Recently someone said: "If Springsteen, Kris Kristofferson & Tom Waits get together to write and record some songs, they might sound like Markus Rill" - I kinda like that description :-)

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