Whats makes Elbow even better is that Guy Garvey is one of the easiest people in the world to talk too. A Geniunely nice chap, which for a lot of musicians is hard to say.
Helps I think that they took so long to get anywhere. They were around for about ten years before they managed to get enough recognition money to put their first album together, so I think it humbled them. Heard and interview where Guy said that he had given up on the band and was in a pawn shop haggling over the price for selling the bands last remaining amp, when he heard a song of theirs "Powder Blue" come on the radio (John Peel). He changed his mind and didn't sell the amp thinking that maybe this would give them the break they needed, and it did. It took off from there.
Funnily enough I first got into them after hearing the same song played by John Peel. Probably wasn't the same playing because i know he played it alot but ...!
