“In 1996, I was a young artist. I graduated college, got married and moved from Iowa to remote Northwest Montana. Finding work was difficult. To make ends meet, I took a job painting signs. When I wasn't holding a brush, I began teaching myself how to write songs and play guitar beside the clear, rolling rivers in the Rocky Mountain shadows. Thus began my lifelong endeavor to be a folksinger.” - Chad Elliott

Nearly 30 years have passed since those first songs sprang to life. Now, Midwest singer-songwriter Chad Elliott blends folk roots, swampy blues and soulful writing to deliver music that is unmistakably original. His live performances have been honed over 25 years on the road performing more than 200 shows each year. 

Elliott is lauded as “Iowa’s Renaissance man” by Culture Buzz Magazine.He has penned more than 2,000 songs in his career while also cultivating his skills as a painter, sculptor and illustrator at Elliott Art Studio in Jefferson, IA. Elliott is also an author (Wilderman’s Treetop Tales; Rumble & Flash).

“That man’s music is as honest as was Woody Guthrie’s.” - Atesh Sonneborn, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Elliott has worked with many of the best folk-blues songwriters and shared the stage with artists of the highest caliber, including Odetta, Tom Paxton, Loudon Wainwright III, R.L. Burnside, Greg Brown, Ruthie Foster, Verlon Thompson, Jimmie Vaughan, Bo Ramsey and Mary Gauthier.

Original works exploding into the world from 2Ton Bridge - Formidable, fragile, a passage, a return delivering a
 poetic punch with a band that refuses to be stuck in the corner.
Produced and Arranged by Marvin Etzioni
Associate producers – Alexander Wright and Eric Heywood

All songs written by Alexander Wright
Except (4 / 7) Written By Alexander Wright and Marvin Etzioni (Ascap)
(12) written by Rev. Gary Davis

THE Dozen MUSICIANS
Alexander Wright – Vocals / Acoustic Guitar / Banjo / Octave Mandolin / National Steel Guitar
Eric Heywood – Pedal Steel Guitar / Lap Steel Guitar / Electric Guitar / Nylon Guitar
Marvin Etzioni – Electric Mandolin / Keyboards / Bass (4) / Electric Guitar / Mandocello / Backup Vocals
Joachim Cooder – Drums / Percussion
Dylan Cooper – Bass (1,2,4,6,7,9,11)
Jerry Donahue – Electric Guitar (3,5,10)
Phil Parlapiano – Accordion ( 1,2,4,6,7,9,11)
Mark Serridge – Bass (3,5,10)
Tammy Rodgers and Taylor Brasheer –Backup Vocals (2,3,6,7,9,11)
Jonah Sky – Harmonica (1,2)
All Strings arranged and performed by Tammy Rogers 
Horns arranged and performed by David Ralicke (7)

(1,2,4,6,9,11) Recorded at Carriage House Studio by Sheldon Gomberg, Los Angeles
(3,5,10) Recorded at The Bank Studio by Bill Mims, Burbank
(7,12) Recorded at Stagg Street Studio by Matt Navaro, Los Angeles
(8) Recorded at Stagg Street Studio by Bill Mims, Los Angeles
Strings and Backup Vocals recorded at Studio Gorilla by Chris Latham, Nashville
Mixed by Ryan Freeland at Stampede Origin Studios, Los Angeles
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen, Gavin Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles
All songs recorded Live with the band – a few overdubs here and there
Asst. Engineers - Chris Claypool, Daniel Piscina, Josh Franks, Bill Mims
Art Director/Photography by Alex O. Gaynor


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