Elliot Randall is the kind of singer who sounds like all the good stuff in your record collection, yet at the same time strangely unique and refreshingly new. With two acclaimed albums to his name, the 2007 solo debut, Take The Fall,  last year's Caffeine & Gasoline and a new one on its way, the Bay Area troubadour is pretty much up there with the best of them. In this interview, Soren McGuire talks to the Americana UK favorite about being the Next Big Thing, hanging out with Merle Haggard and how he's almost the guy from Steely Dan.

Band photo by David Arnspiger, Traumatic.com