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Elliott Murphy

American singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy was born in Rockville Centre, New York on March 16, 1949 and raised in Long Island, but spent the latter half of his adult life putting roots down in Paris. He displayed an affinity for the guitar at a young age and cut his teeth in his first band, the Rapsillions, before going on to air his self-written tunes on the streets of Europe, where he spent the late '60s busking alongside his brother Matthew. After returning to New York in 1973, he became a fixture on the city's storied art rock scene, entertaining the creative glitterati with h...