Elliott Murphy

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Elliott Murphy
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Background information
Birth nameElliott James Murphy, Jr.
Born (1949-03-16) March 16, 1949 (age 75)
Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.
GenresRock
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • novelist
  • journalist
Years active1973–present
WebsiteElliott Murphy Official Website

Elliott James Murphy (born March 16, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, record producer and journalist living in Paris.

Biography

Elliott Murphy (1989)

Elliott Murphy was born in

Empire State College.[5]

His debut album

Cindy Bullens and Shawn Colvin. To date, he has released over thirty-five albums including, Affairs (1980), Murph the Surf (1982). In 1985 Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads produced the album Milwaukee. Selling the Gold (1995) featured a duet, "Everything I Do", with Bruce Springsteen. The album also has a collaboration with the Violent Femmes: all three original members Gordon Gano, Victor DeLorenzo, Brian Ritchie
appear on the track "King of the Serpentine".

The albums Beauregard, Rainy Season, Soul Surfing and La Terre Commune (a duo with Iain Matthews) followed. Never Say Never...The Best of 1995–2005, a CD and DVD of performances was released in 2005. The year ended with Murphy Gets Muddy, an album of 9 classic blues covers and 5 Murphy blues originals. In early 2007 the album Coming Home Again was released in Europe. Murphy's 30th studio album, Notes from the Underground, came out in 2008 and he returned to the United States. A live CD/DVD-set "Alive in Paris" was released in the fall 2009 followed by the self-titled "Elliott Murphy" (2010), "Just A Story from New York" (2011) and "It Takes A Worried Man" which was produced by his son Gaspard Murphy.[7] All Music Guide has rated over fifteen of his albums with 4 stars or more[8]

In addition to his music and song lyrics Murphy has written for

Hachette, France). In 2012 the complete version of Cold & Electric re-titled "Marty May" was published by Joelle Losfeld/Gallimard.[9]

On October 1, 2012, Elliott Murphy was awarded the Médaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris in a ceremony at the Hôtel de Ville presided by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë for recognition of his career as a musician and author.[10]

On November 4, 2015 Elliott Murphy was decorated with the Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in a ceremony at the Mairie of the 4th Arrondissement in Paris.[11]

In 2018 he was inducted into the

Long Island Music Hall of Fame by Billy Joel[12]

A biography of Elliott Murphy, "Hardcore", written by Charles Pitter, was published in 2013.[13]

The Second Act of Elliott Murphy

Main article: The Second Act of Elliott Murphy

In 2015, the documentary film, The Second Act of Elliott Murphy, by Spanish director Jorge Arenillas, detailing the transition of Murphy's career from the US to Europe was released on Mirabal Films. The film won the Audience Prize award at the 2016 Dock of the Bay film festival[14] in San Sebastian, Spain and included interviews with both Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.[15]

Broken Poet

Main article: Broken Poet

In 2018, Elliott Murphy starred in the film, Broken Poet, by Spanish director Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, adapted from the Elliott Murphy short-story The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Also starring in the film are Marisa Berenson, Michael O'Keefe, Joana Preiss and a cameo appearance by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa.[16]

Discography and books

Albums and EPs

Vintage Series

  • 1 Aquashow & Just A Story From America Demos
  • 2 The Night Lights Band Live
  • 3 Hello Long Island 1974
  • 4 The Murphys
  • 5 Gramercy Park
  • 6 Electric Murphyland
  • 7 Double E
  • 8 Live In Texas DVD
  • 9 The Paris Concerts: Eldorado 1981 Like Boats Against the Current
  • 10 Gold Demos

Compilation albums

  • Diamonds by the Yard (1991)
  • Paris/New York (1992)
  • Going Through Something – the Best of 1982–1991 (1996)
  • Never Say Never – the Best of 1995–2003 & Live DVD (2005)

Live albums

  • Live Hot Point (1991)
  • April – a Live Album (1999)
  • The Last of the Rock Stars... and Me and You (2001)
  • Alive in Paris (2009)
  • Just A Story From New York (2011)
  • Just for One Day (2011)
  • Elliott Murphy is Alive! (2018)
  • Live in Bilbao (2021)

Film Soundtrack albums

  • Broken Poet (2020)

Misc albums

  • Poetic Justice (2015)

Books

Novels

References

  1. ^ "Elliott Murphy". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Elliott Murphy Interview". Classicbands.com. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Elliott Murphy". AlloCiné.fr. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  4. ^ Avery, Kevin. "Read an Excerpt from Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson". November 14, 2011. American Songwriter website, November 14, 2011.
  5. ^ Kolbert, Elizabeth (January 3, 1988). "Getting Credit For Life's Experiences". The New York Times. New York, NY. p. 12.
  6. ^ Pitter, Charles (March 20, 2015). "PopMatters".
  7. ^ "ELLIOTT MURPHY "deconstructs" his debut album – Aquashow Deconstructed! | Blue Rose Records". Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "Elliott Murphy – Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  9. ^ Losfeld, Editions Joelle. "Joëlle Losfeld – Marty May – Elliott Murphy – Littérature étrangère". Joellelosfeld.fr. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "Elliott Murphy décoré par la Ville de Paris – Musiques – Télérama.fr". Telerama.fr. September 27, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  11. ^ "Elliott Murphy, un rocker américain adoubé à Paris – Musiques – Télérama.fr". Telerama.fr. November 5, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  12. ^ "Billy Joel inducts longtime guitarist Tommy Byrnes and singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy". billyjoel.com. November 11, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  13. ISBN 978-1493534340
    .
  14. ^ "Dock Of The Bay 2016 list of winners – Dock Of The Bay. Music Documentary Film Festival". Dockofthebay.es. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  15. ^ "'The Second Act of Elliott Murphy': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  16. ^ "Elliott Murphy debuta como actor protagonista en un filme de Ruiz Barrachina". elperiodico.com. December 2, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2019.

External links

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