Curtis Eller's American Circus - Two of Us

Curtis Paul Eller (born 1970, Detroit, Michigan) is a banjo player, yodeler and songwriterbased in New York City.

Eller's work has an old-time feel, drawing on an abundance of direct or indirect influences from the first half of the 20th Century, combined with a modern perspective and a healthy dose of rock & roll energy. Many of the lyrics deal with American politics both historical and contemporary.^[1] He got an early introduction to show business when his father ran the Hiller Old Tyme Circus in Detroit, Michigan.^[2]

The songwriting draws on many historical people and events but addresses contemporary American culture. Lyrical subjects have ranged from pigeon racing and performing elephants to sweatshop fires and presidential assassinations and the Hartford circus fire of 1944.^[3] Historical figures as diverse as Buster Keaton, Abraham Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, Joe Louis, Jack Ruby, and Elvis Presleyappear in the lyrical content.