Elliott Murphy

Elliott Murphy ( born March 16, 1949 in New York) is an American singer and songwriter.

Life

Murphy grew up in New York in a wealthy family. He started playing in bands as a teenager. In the late 1960s he went with his brother Matthew to Europe. Here they lived as a street musician, with Elliott wrote the songs. In 1972, he played a small role in Fellini's Roma.

Shortly thereafter, he returned to New York and formed a new band called Aqua Show. This named after an amusement park that belonged to his father. In 1973, he released the self-titled debut album by the band. Commercial Elliott was with his albums with little success, even though it was celebrated by the rock press as the " new Dylan ". He played in the trendy New York clubs like Max's Kansas City and so he won in galleries is a Kultruf. He has played with artists from the environment of Lou Reed and Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers, as bassist Ernie Brooks. With the New York Dolls, Patti Smith Group and others, he formed the New York art rock scene, where he joined as a classical singer / songwriter with an accompanying group in appearance.

On his 1976 album recorded in London Just a Story from America so well-known musicians such as Phil Collins, Mick Taylor and Bruce Springsteen and the Boys Choir of Saint Paul 's Cathedral are represented.

The EP with six songs published Affairs Murphy 1980 on his own label. Since that time, he also tours to date regularly in Europe and eventually moved his residence to France in 1990, where he had signed with New Rose Records in 1985. The album Party Girls / Broken Poets was nominated for the New York Music Award. Milwaukee (1986 ) was produced by Jerry Harrison ( Talking Heads ). With Hot Point (1989 ), he released a live album, with " Special Guest " Chris Spedding on lead guitar.

On his debut album for Blue Rose Records Selling The Gold ( 1995) Chucho Merchan Murphy ( studio musician of Eurythmics ) and Luis Jardim (studio musicians of the Rolling Stones ) was developed by Andy Newmark ( Roxy Music), accompanied. " Special Guests " on the album were Bruce Springsteen, in his European concerts he also appeared as a surprise guest, and the Violent Femmes.

The album " La Terre Commune" he recorded as a duo with Iain Matthews, who was also at Blue Rose under contract. With the French guitarist Olivier Durand he shall live also as a duo or supplemented by other musicians in group strength, while giving more than 100 concerts per year.

Elliott Murphy published short stories and a novel ( Cold and Electric). He is married to Françoise Viallon Murphy and has a son with her.

Discography

  • Aqua Show, Polydor, 1973
  • Night Lights, RCA, 1976
  • Just a Story from America, Columbia 1977
  • Affairs (EP ), 1980
  • Murph The Surf 1982
  • Party Girls And Broken Poets, 1984
  • Milwaukee, New Rose 1986
  • Après le Déluge, 1987
  • Change Will Come, 1988
  • Hot Point (Live ), 1989
  • 12 (in the U.S. under the title of Unreal City in 1993 with a different compilation published ), 1990
  • If Poets Were King, 1991
  • Diamonds By The Yard ( Best Of ), 1992
  • Paris / New York ( Best Of), New Rose 1993
  • Unreal City, " 1993
  • Selling The Gold, Blue Rose 1995
  • Going Through Something (1978-1992), 1996 ( Best Of)
  • Beauregard, 1998
  • April, 1999
  • Rainy Season, 2000
  • La Terre Commune, 2000 (with Iain Matthews)
  • Last Of The Rock Stars, 2001
  • Soul Surfing, 2002
  • The Next Wave 2002
  • Strings Of The Storm, Blue Rose, 2003
  • Never Say Never, 2005
  • Murphy Gets Muddy, 2005
  • Coming home again, 2007
  • Notes from the Underground, 2008
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