Old Tyme music's coolest reluctant ambassador and troubadour William Elliott Whitmore has not taken his path to success by accident but instead his deliberately economized existence as a one-man show has been his greatest asset not only musically but financially too. Now, as he embarks on fatherhood, he philosophizes about life in on a farm in Iowa, rap's influence on him, why he always toured with metal bands and how the writing for his new record I'm With You (BloodShot) was a bit of a different approach in intentionally exploring alien territory with lyrics and styles.