A concert performance photograph by Nicole C. Kibert showing William Elliott Whitmore plays New World Brewery in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 22, 2012. Captured in a low-angle medium shot on stage, singer-songwriter William Elliott Whitmore performs with his eyes closed while playing an acoustic guitar into a microphone. He wears a short-sleeved white button-down shirt, revealing extensive arm tattoos, and a cap, positioned against dark venue background elements featuring a vintage "SLOW" yellow sign and copyright watermark under warm indoor spotlighting.
William Elliott Whitmore plays New World Brewery in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 22, 2012. Credit: Nicole Kibert / elawgrrl.com

In a world where there are far too many Rivian-driving Americana scene posers and country guys doing it all for the ‘gram, William Elliott Whitmore offers an alternative.

The gruff-voiced, wood-chuckin’ Iowan kicks off his tour this week and wraps just in time for winter. Supporting the 48-year-old is Texas-based husband-wife purveyor of gothic “border-rock” The Division Men.

Tickets to see William Elliott Whitmore and The Division Men at New World Music Hall in Tampa on Thursday, Nov. 19 are still available and start at $24.65.

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This article appears in Nov. 05 – 11, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...