By Paul T. Mueller The Mastersons – guitarist/singer Chris Masterson and multi-instrumentalist/singer Eleanor Whitmore – finished up their current tour March 12 with a matinee show at the Old Quarter Acoustic Café in Galveston, Texas. The duo, longtime – and now former – members of Steve Earle’s band, The Dukes, got rhythmic support from Eleanor’s sister Bonnie on bass and…
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Show #9 The Mastersons and Jesse Terry
Eleanor Whitmore and Chris Masterson have had a great career as the Mastersons, and as a duchess and duke respectively in Steve Earle’s band. We caught up with them in Kansas City at the Folk Alliance International Conference and talked about their latest album “Transient Lullaby” and the most buzzed-about song of the conference “Don’t Tell Me to Smile.”
The Mastersons’ “Don’t Tell Me to Smile”
You couldn’t walk more than a few steps at last weekend’s Folk Alliance International Conference without seeing someone wearing a “Don’t Tell Me to Smile” button. It’s a statement for the times, but also doubled as a bit of promotion for the new Mastersons video of the same name. From “Transient Lullaby:”
Review: The Mastersons’ “Transient Lullaby”
Transient Lullaby, the most recent album by The Mastersons – singer/guitarist Chris Masterson and singer/multi-instrumentalist Eleanor Whitmore – reads as an account of the couple’s musical and personal lives.