Music

Indeed our own virtuoso's influences stretch beyond that of the ginger dread-locked guitarist, sighting artists such as: Frank Turner, John Martin, John Mayer and Andy Roach. In fact, it was the latter that turned Elliott to this style of music, "my guitar teacher Andy Taylor showed me an Andy Roach DVD and from then on I knew that is what I wanted to do." But that's easier said than done, and anyone who has seen him perform will confirm this. Elliott's hands move between guitar neck and body in a blur of motion, executing pull offs, hammers ons and drums beats with astonishing accuracy.

Elliott Morris performing

But how did he get to such an impressive level? "Natural progression I suppose, I got to a wall in my playing and wanted to try some different." Perhaps what is most impressive is that despite having a Grade 8 in rock guitar under his belt, his current style is entirely self taught. "To me the acoustic guitar is a box with strings, essentially it's a drum, so I like to use it like one," such an outlook has allowed Elliott to experiment more with his music, and it has to be said, with great success.