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Ellis Paul performs at the Ivy Chord Coffee House

The Ivy Chord Coffee House proudly presents nationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Ellis Paul!  "A singer songwriter is only as good as the times he reflects.  In times like these, when so many nuts are running the show, it's comforting to know that Ellis Paul is actually holding our sanity on his own stage!  Wise, tender, brilliant and biting, Ellis is one of our best human compasses, marking in melodies and poems where we've been and where we might go if we so choose to.  Personally Ellis, I'm goin' where you're goin'!"  --Nora Guthrie (Woody Guthrie's daughter)  Though he remains among the most pop-friendly of today's singer-songwriters - his songs regularly appear in hit movie and TV soundtracks - he has bridged the gulf between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger more successfully than perhaps any of his songwriting peers.

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