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Elliott James Murphy (born March 16, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, producer and journalist living in Paris. ==Biography== Elliott Murphy was born in Rockville Centre, New York.,〔http://www.discogs.com/artist/306503-Elliott-Murphy〕 grew up in Garden City, Long Island and began playing the guitar at age 12. His band The Rapscallions won the 1966 New York State Battle of the Bands.〔http://www.classicbands.com/ElliottMurphyInterview.html〕 In 1971 he travelled to Europe and appeared in the Federico Fellini film Roma 〔http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=197600.html〕 Returning to New York, in 1973 he secured a record contract with Polydor Records after being noticed by rock critic Paul Nelson.〔Avery, Kevin. ''American Songwriter'' website, November 14, 2011.〕 His debut album ''Aquashow'' (1973) was favorably reviewed in ''Rolling Stone'', Newsweek and ''The New Yorker''. Follow up albums included ''Lost Generation'' (1975) produced by Doors Producer Paul A. Rothchild, ''Night Lights'' (1976) and ''Just a Story from America'' (1977). Special guests on Murphy's album have included Bruce Springsteen, Mick Taylor, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, Sonny Landreth, David Johansen, The Violent Femmes, Cindy Bullens and Shawn Colvin. To date, he has released over thirty-five albums albums including, ''Affairs'' (1980), ''Murph the Surf'' (1982). In 1985 Jerry Harrison of the 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. 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.〔http://bluerose-records.com/elliott-murphy-deconstructs-his-debut-album-aquashow-deconstructed/〕 All Music Guide has rated over fifteen of his albums with 4 stars or more〔http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elliott-murphy-mn0000174838/discography/all〕 In addition to his music and song lyrics Murphy has written for ''Rolling Stone'', ''Spin'', ''Mucchio Selvaggio'', ''(Jam )'' and various European magazines and has published ''Cold & Electric'', a semi-autobiographical novel, in French, German and Spanish editions, as well as two short story collections (''The Lion Sleeps Tonight'' and ''Where the Women Are Naked And The Men Are Rich'') and in 2003 ''Café Notes'' (Hachette, France). In 2012 the complete version of ''Cold & Electric'' re-titled "Marty May" was published by Joelle Losfeld/Gallimard.〔http://www.joellelosfeld.fr/ouvrage-LO0022-marty_may.html〕 On 1 October 2012 Elliott Murphy was awarded the Medaille de Vermeil de Ville de Paris in a ceremony at Hotel de Ville presided by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë for recognition of his career as a musician and author.〔http://www.telerama.fr/musique/elliott-murphy-decore-par-la-ville-de-paris,87358.php〕 On 4 November 2015 Elliott Murphy was decorated with the Chevalier des Arts et des Letres in a ceremony at the Mairie of the 4th Arrondisement in Paris〔http://www.telerama.fr/musique/elliott-murphy-un-rocker-americain-adoube-a-paris,133796.php〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elliott Murphy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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