The banjo-playing Eller's work has an old-time feel, drawing on an abundance of direct or indirect influences from the '20s, '30s, and '40s (including country singer Jimmie Rodgers, cowboy icon Gene Autry, and Mississippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson).

But Eller's material is far from a carbon copy of music from that era -- there is plenty of rock bite and attitude in his rootsy work, which also contains elements of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and the ballsy outlaw country of Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard.

These releases include 1890 (2000), Banjo Music For Funerals (2002), Taking Up Serpents Again (2004), Wirewalkers & Assassins (2008), Saving my Heart for the Butcherman (2012), How to Make It in Hollywood (2014), A Poison Melody (2019), Fusebox Pennies: Collected Singles (2022) & Another Nice Mess (2024).

The recordings feature Eller on banjo and lead vocals and a backing band that has varied over the years, often consisting of electric and upright bass, drums, accordion, pedal steel, tuba, violin, a horn section, and three-part harmony.

EP/Singles: Banjo Music For Funerals (2002) Saving My Heart for the Butcherman (2012) Baudelaire in a Box: Songs of Anguish (2015) Henry Kissinger's Dance Party (2016) This is Christmas Time (2020) Here Comes New Year's Day (2021) With The Bipeds 54 Strange Words (2018) Bury the Light (2020)