Cliff Hillis

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Secondary Genre: Pop Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA Contact

"Cliff Hillis should be a major star and his latest release, The Long Now, proves it. It’s a stylish, thoughtful, consistently excellent collection of catchy pop tunes that never fails to engage. Hillis is a supremely talented craftsman whose way with a hook is undeniable." -J.B./Goldmine Magazine

Artist Information

Biography

Singer-songwriter Cliff Hillis has unveiled "The Long Now", his second release on Los Angeles based TallBoy Records.

The album features Hillis' longtime backing band, the Forward Thinkers as well as a host of guest stars including Eric Bazilian of The Hooters, Danny Wilde of the Rembrandts and California pop troubadour Willie Wisely. Hillis handled much of the vocals, rhythm and lead guitars, bass and keyboards himself.

Since his last Tallboy release "Better Living Through Compression" (which was praised by the L.A. Times) Hillis has been raising his profile nationally with song placements in movies -"Enough" (Jennifer Lopez), as well as TV shows "All My Children, "Party of Five", "Roswell" and "Jake 2.0".

Additionally, in early 2010, Cliff's music was featured in three episodes of the TV show "Life Unexpected" on The CW.

Hillis was the also the national winner of the 2007 Chili's Baby Back Ribs jingle contest, garnering press attention across the country including USA Today online.

Hillis resides just outside of Philadelphia in Phoenixville, PA and has received area honors winning both the East Coast-based "Spark Magazine "Best Singer-Songwriter" and Out & About Magazine "Best Male Songwriter" awards in 2007.

Hillis performs acoustic and with his band the Forward Thinkers (guitarist "Country" Ken Herblin, bassist Greg Maragos and drummer Ritchie Rubini) promoting "The Long Now" and is actively pursing additional TV and movie placements with the management/placement company Measurement Arts headed by Indie911 founder Justin Goldberg.

"There are some artists who you just know should rise up and become stars, and Cliff Hillis is one of them."- Entertainment Today, Los Angeles

Instrumentation

Cliff Hillis- vocals, guitar
Ken Herblin- guitar, backup vocals
Greg Maragos- bass, backup vocals
Dave Anthony- drums

Discography

"The Long Now"-2008 TallBoy Records/Los Angeles
"Better Living Through Compression"- 2004 TallBoy Records/Los Angeles
"Be Seeing You"- 2001 Not Lame Recordings/Colorado

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Photo Gallery

  • Cliff Hillis

  • "The Long Now" CD cover

  • "The Long Now" promo shot

  • Cliff Hillis & the Fwd Thinkers live

  • Cliff Hillis & the Forward Thinkers

Press

  • "Cliff Hillis should be a major star. There, I said it … and his latest release, The Long Now (Tallboy Records), proves it." 4/9/10 [+ Show ]

    Cliff Hillis should be a major star. There, I said it … and his latest release, The Long Now (Tallbo...

  • "If there is such a thing as an impeccable power pop pedigree, Cliff Hillis comes as close to anyone I can think of to possessing it." 1/12/09 [+ Show ]

    If there is such a thing as an impeccable power pop pedigree, Cliff Hillis comes as close to anyone ...

  • "Some people are so full of talent that it almost seems unfair. Cliff Hillis has such a monopoly on talent" 12/5/08 [+ Show ]

    Some people are so full of talent that it almost seems unfair. Cliff Hillis has such a monopoly on t...

  • "There are some artists who you just know should rise up and become stars, and Cliff Hillis is one of them." [+ Show ]

    In this vast, fertile underground we love to call the worldwide pop scene, there are some artists wh...

Setlist

Live set includes mostly songs from "The Long Now" & new as-yet-unreleased songs, as well as an occasional obscure 60's pop song ala Kinks or Nilsson.

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