Tuff Ditties
Acoustic / Folk Rock / Jazz
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"Ellen Olhsson ...aka Truelie Telling"
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
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| Member Since | 10/12/2007 | | Band Members | Mostly just me and my acoustic guitar, but 'Tara Sleeps' also has some of the greatest musicians in history playing -- what an honor, and what a rush to hear these great players doing my song. Check 'em out on allmusic.com, and if you are looking for something special, they are sometimes available, individually or together.
The Great American Rhythm Section:
Bob Babbitt, bass
Ed Greene, drums
Reggie Young, lead guitar
David Hungate, rhythm guitar
Catherine Styron-Marx, piano
| | Record Label | unsigned | | Type of Label | None |
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I started using the name Tuff Ditties around 1980, when I was doing acoustic punk and performance art. I've been making up songs since I was in the crib (really! I can remember making up melodies to put myself to sleep then, and I still do that). I started studying violin at 8 years old, even had the privilege of being one of the last students of Maestro Sinigalliano, former concertmaster of LaScala. He probably wouldn't have been so happy when I left classical music, and played electric violin in a wide variety of bands, from the late '60s-mid '80s. Started playing guitar when I was 12, and started performing with my cousin Jan Lewis on the boardwalks of Asbury Park and Atlantic City in the early '60's -- she's gone on to become a great honky tonk piano player, check her out on uTube!. I played anytime anywhere I could til my neck and shoulder were killed by the deforming positions demanded by the violin. For 14 years, I called myself a Recovering Musician, but started writing, singing and playing guitar again in the late '90's, thinking I was writing only for other people to perform, until my love of performing convinced me to get out here myself again. I've only submitted songs to a few contests, but 'Middle Aged Boy Crazy' won Best Rock Song at the Mountain Valley Arts Festival (and came in a close runner-up for Best of Show) and 'Tara Sleeps' made Finalist in this year's Unisong Contest. So I guess I'm on the right track.
I play acoustic folkjazzbluescountryrock -- they tell me I'm not quite like anybody else, and I never know what's going to come out next. I just hope you enjoy it as much as I do. When it works, we laugh, we cry, we dance, we sigh. (Damn, I can't stop rhyming!) I love to entertain and I hope I can make you think. I'm much more comfortable performing than recording, I usually hate how I sound almost as much as I hate seeing photos of myself. But having one of the world's greatest producer/engineers here at home has helped me occasionally create a recording I can enjoy... and having many of the world's greatest players here in Nashville is so inspiring. I promise to have more posted soon.
Only the calendar and the mirror say I'm an elder, not anybody who knows me -- I'm still the same extroverted introvert singing baby beatnik Jufi mystic mad hippie violinist computer nerd performing songwriter. I still think having fun is good for me, good for you, good for the world, and so is having an honest cry or an angry wail. I love fiction and hate lies; I tell the truth, thinly disguised. I still want to save the world, but I'm less sure how to do that every day. I need all the help I can get, and you can always blame me --whoops! I'm speaking in song titles again. Later...
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