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Biography
Cliff Eberhardt (born January 7, 1954, Berwyn, Pennsylvania|Berwyn , Pennsylvania ) is an American Folk music|folk singer-songwriter . He is a founding member of the Fast Folk|Fast Folk Music Cooperative in New York City . Eberhardt joined Red House Records in 1997 and has recorded five albums for the label, the most recent in 2009, 500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions .cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cliff-eberhardt-p1967/biography | title = Cliff Eberhardt | last = Skelly | first = Richard | publisher = AllMusic | accessdate = 2011-11-11 In 2011, he released an acoustic album of The Doors|Doors songs, All Wood and Doors , with fellow musician James Lee Stanley on Beechwood Recordings.cite web | url = http://www.folkworks.org/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=40207& Itemid=81 | title = All Wood and Doors | last = Paris | first = Russ | publisher = Folk Works | accessdate = 2011-11-11 Also that year, he contributed a cover to Nod to Bob II , a Red House compilation honoring Bob Dylan on his 70th birthday.cite web | url = http://www.ameriblues.com/2011/05/28/a-nod-to-bob-2-cd-review/ | title = CD Review: Nod to Bob 2 | last = Kanavy | first = Jim | publisher = American Blues News | accessdate = 2011-11-11
Early life
Eberhardt was born on January 7, 1954, in Berwyn, Pennsylvania|Berwyn , Pennsylvania , near Philadelphia . His family had a musical background, and he began playing guitar at an early age. At 15, he and his brother Gregg began touring as a duo. In 1976, he moved to Carbondale, Illinois|Carbondale , Illinois , attracted by the local music scene, spent some time in Colorado, and then in 1978 relocated to New York City|New York , where he became part of the second folk and acoustic music revival. Among the other artists performing in Lower Manhattan coffeehouses at the time were John Gorka , Shawn Colvin , Lucy Kaplansky and David Massengill .
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