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| Although none of his songs have reached the Top 40, Murphy's influence is reflected through the music of Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground, and Talking Heads.Guests on Murphy's albu...Guests on Murphy's albums have included Shawn Colvin, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, Sonny Landreth, Bruce Springsteen, and members of the Violent Femmes, the Smithereens, Talking Heads, and the Velvet Underground.His father owned Aqua Show, a water ballet arena on the grounds of the World's Fair in 1939 and 1964.Acquiring his first guitar at the age of 12, Murphy quickly advanced on the instrument.Within a year, he was playing in his first band.In 1966, Murphy's band the Rapsillions placed first in a New York statewide Battle of the Bands.Together with his brother Matthew, Murphy spent the late '60s in Europe, performing his original tunes in subway stations and street corners.He also had a bit role in Federico Fellini's 1972 film Roma.Although their 1975 debut album, Aquashow, was critically acclaimed, it failed to break through commercially.Broken Poets, released in 1984, was nominated for a New York Music Award as Album of the Year.Murphy has consistently worked with innovative producers.Milwaukee, released in 1986, was produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads, while Change Will Come, released in 1987, was produced by James Ball of the Smithereens.Hot Point, released in 1989, featured lead guitar by Chris Spedding.Murphy's concerts were packed by enthusiastic audiences while his albums sold well.In 1990, Murphy emigrated to Paris, where he continues to live with his wife, Francoise, and his son, Gaspard.Unreal City upon release in the United States.Recorded at ICP Studios in Brussels, Belgium, the album included a duet with Bruce Springsteen on Murphy's tune "Everything I Do (Leads Me Back to You)."La Terre Commune
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Elliot Murphy And Iain Matthews.Biography
In true rock 'n roll fashion Elliott James Murphy Jr.Sky Club in Roosevelt Field, Long Island not far from where Charles Lindbergh took off for his historic flight to Europe.Bobby Kennedy and Nelson Rockefeller.He began writing songs while singing on the streets of Europe in 1971 and returned to New York after a brief stay in San Francisco to secure a record contract with Polydor Records.Follow up albums Lost Generation (1975), Night Lights (1976) and Just A Story From America (1977) received equal acclaim.In 1985 the Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) produced Milwaukee began his long relationship with New Rose Records in France.In a recent Spanish TV appearance he said, "Literature is my religion and Rock and Roll is my addiction."Poetic Justice(Hachette, France) with an Italian version expected in 2007.The novel has attracted interest from film producers as well.His recent albums Beauregard, Rainy Season, Soul Surfing and La Terre Commune (a duo with Iain Matthews) have marked a renaissance in his recording career with many critics calling his double album Strings Of The Storm his finest to date.With French guitar wizard Olivier Durand he tours constantly, playing well over 100 shows a year all over Europe and to sum up their 10 years together is Never Say Never...Italian and (hopefully) English.Fred Prellberg is a musician whose style pays, both in lyrics and music a strong homage to Elliott's, to the point he covered "Last of the rock stars" as title track of his debut album.Many bootlegs have always existed of his concerts, mostly of great quality.Elliott's live show are embued with energy and charm, and usually, such qualities are faithfully reflected on the recordings, to the point that a minority of fans regard them (but this is a personal opinion of theirs) as even better than the official live recordings.After a short time using Guild guitars (mostly on the Beauregard album) he started using Taylor guitars for they uniquely versatile sound.Iain Matthews and Elliott Murphy is like reading a Who's Who of Rock and Folk.Iain Matthews first came to prominence as a founding member, along with Richard Thompson, of Fairport Convention.Matthews Southern Comfort LP in 1969.After releasing Later That Same Year, which included a hit version of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock," Matthews disbanded the group and began anew as a solo artist.Since the early '70s, Matthews has recorded such notable LPs as Journey from Gospel Oak, Some Days You Eat the Bear Some Days the Bear Eats You, as well as group projects with Plainsong and Hamilton Pool.He's only been recording since 1973.Elliott's debut LP Aquashow has often been described as one his finest efforts, earning the singer comparisons to Dylan for his literate songwriting style.In 1976, Murphy released Night Lights, which featured musical help from Billy Joel and former and future members of the Velvet Underground and Talking Heads.Over the years Murphy has recorded roughly 20 more critically acclaimed albums for a variety of labels, including his most recent solo effort, Rainy Season, on Blue Rose Records.Unfortunately, much of their work can be difficult to find in record stores.Eminent Records label (www.The CD brings together several Matthews and Murphy originals, with each singer also throwing a couple cover versions into the mix.Murphy is currently residing in Paris and Matthews is living in Amsterdam.La Terre Commune came about at the suggestion of Blue Rose Records head Edgar Heckman, rather than from some long standing desire of Murphy and Elliot to perform together.Given the circumstances, I was curious whether or not either artist had any reservations about the project.Iain offered would be high quality," Murphy says.And we both know a lot of filthy jokes, which is always a plus in any situation.For his part, Matthews also found the collaboration an easy one, citing the musicians' shared professionalism as the "common ground" from which the pairing prospered.On La Terre Commune, Murphy and Matthews match each other track for track, with each songwriter being responsible for album highlights.Am7 progression," says Matthews of the song's structure.For his part , Murphy agrees with my enthusiasm for the song.Close to The Bone,' " he says."The melody and the structure are so fine."La Terre Commune is unlikely to spawn a string of hit singles, Murphy's "I Want to Talk to You" sounds like it could have been a hit in another era, an era in which a musical and cultural renaissance were played out on AM radio.After listening to the successful pairing of Murphy and Matthews on La Terre Commune, one can't help but wonder if there will be future releases from the duo.But only time will tell if Murphy and Matthews will reunited for another album.For now, if you want to catch Murphy and Matthews live, you'll have to do it in Europe, where the duo have planned some upcoming performances."We're gonna do some shows in Germany along with Oliver Durand on guitar, whose contributions to this album were enormous," says Murphy.We're figuring it out as we go along: I told Iain he's gotta stand up when he plays and I guess I'm gonna have to sing on key, so there's hard work in store for both of us.I'd love to be able to do a tour of the States with a band behind us.We've been pretty lucky so far and at least we didn't call the album MandM which could have caused real havoc in both the Hip Hop and candy worlds."Elliot Murphy and Iain Matthews La Terre Commune is available on Eminent Records.Unsolicited material accepted for publication is subject to CityBeat's right to edit and to our copyright provisions.SiteCatalyst code version: H.Plugin: Days since last Visit 1.You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on
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