“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.

Miss Amy® is a GRAMMY® Nominated Artist who performed at the White House Egg Roll in 2010 and inspires thousands of families at festivals, schools and libraries, Miss Amy serves as an Official Advocate for the President’s Challenge Program, encouraging families to stay physically active through her music.  

Miss Amy is THE Kids Rocker/Fitness Guru, “The First Lady of Musical Fitness” according to the National Children’s Entertainment Blog! Her GRAMMY® nominated Fitness Rock & Roll music is highlighted in her new book!

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