Curtis Eller - Friday 25th Nov Sun Inn, Stockton

I have never seen a live performance quite like this one. Eller comes on like a force of nature and his raw, fiery and often funny songs are delivered with demonic glee. His skeletal banjo tunes were backed up by a raw, punky band setting which let let him play from the heart, floor, walls and at one point perched on a window ledge behind curtains. Curtis Eller deserves a bigger following than witnessed last night's gig at the Sun Inn in Stockton because he is the hardest working man in the world of dark, twisted, banjo-fuelled, 1920s punk, channelling the spirit of Buster Keaton! Unique.