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...