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EPISODE 85: Living in Paris for over 30 years as an expatriate New Yorker, veteran rocker and author Elliott Murphy\\u2019s career in music and literature is more active than ever. He has released over 35 albums, still performs shows all over Europe as well as the U.S. and Japan, is a prolific author of fiction (as well as his autobiography JUST A STORY FROM AMERICA) and most recently starring in the feature length film BROKEN POET. Nearly five decades have passed since the release of Elliott\\u2019s classic first album AQUASHOW (1973) and fans continue to fill his concerts while critics praise his albums. In 2016 a bio-pic of his career THE SECOND ACT OF ELLIOTT MURPHY featuring interviews with Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen was released all over Europe and won the Audience award at the Dock of the Bay Film Festival in Spain. Born on Long Island to a show business family, Elliott began his music career with a troubadour like odyssey in Europe in 1971 including a bit part in Federico Fellini\\u2019s film Roma. Returning to the US he quickly secured a recording contract and following the success of his first album AQUASHOW came LOST GENERATION (Produced by Doors producer Paul Rothschild), NIGHT LIGHTS (featuring Billy Joel), JUST A STORY FROM AMERICA (featuring Phil Collins and Mick Taylor), and SELLING THE GOLD (featuring Bruce Springsteen) all the way to his most current releases PRODIGAL SON (2017), ELLIOTT MURPHY IS ALIVE! (2018) and RICOCHET (2019), these latest albums produced and mixed by his son Gaspard Murphy. Elliott Murphy is also a published author of numerous collections of short stories, most recently PARIS STORIES and GARDEN CITY STORIES, and four novels: the rock trilogy MARTY MAY, TRAMPS and DIAMONDS BY THE YARD and the neo-western POETIC JUSTICE. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone (U.S.), Vanity Fair (France) and other international publications and his 1985 short story The Lion Sleeps Tonight was the basis for the feature film BROKEN POET by acclaimed Spanish director Emilio J. Ruiz. Elliott stars in the film along with noted actors Marisa Berenson (Cabaret), Michael O\\u2019Keefe (The Great Santini), Joanna Preiss (Paris Stories), Franc\\u0327oise Viallon (Dissonances) and a rare cameo appearance by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. elliottmurphy.com
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