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Geoff Muldaur Solo-An Intimitate Night of Songs and Stories

Geoff Muldaur is one of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues and folk-rock
scenes centered in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY. During the 1960's and '70's, Geoff made a series of
highly influential recordings as a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and the Paul Butterfield's
Better Days group, as well as collaborations with then-wife Maria and other notables (Bonnie Raitt, Eric
Von Schmidt, Jerry Garcia, etc.). He left the stage and recording world in the mid-1980's for a working sabbatical
but continued, however, to hone his craft, albeit "flying beneath radar". He composed scores for film and
television, garnering an Emmy in the process, and produced off-beat albums for the likes of Lenny Pickett
and the Borneo Horns and the Richard Greene String Quartet. His definitive recording of "Brazil"
provided the seed for - and was featured in -
Terry Gilliam's film of the same title.

With his magical voice and singular approach to
American music intact, Geoff is once again
touring the world. Recent performances included The Lincoln Center in New York City, The Getty Art Center in Los Angeles, Royal Festival Hall in London. In addition, he's performed at folk and blues festivals in Newport RI, Edmonton Canada, Dublin Ireland, San Francisco CA, Bergen and Notodden Norway; to name a few. Geoff may be
heard regularly as a guest on Garrison Keillor's
"A Prairie Home Companion" and has been feature
d on a variety of National Public Radio shows,
including Weekend Edition and All Things Considered.

Geoff's newest albums have met with high critical acclaim and feature Geoff's unusually crafted
interpretations of classic, often times obscure,
American material, as well as, his own unique compositions. The recordings include performances by David Lindley, The McGarrigle Sisters, John Sebastian, Van Dyke Parks, Roswell Rudd, Amos Garrett, Lenny Pickett and Howard Johnson in supporting roles.

Geoff continues to apply his arranging skills to a variety of projects for albums and film. Although he is known as a musician's musician, it is clearly his voice that most identifies him. The New York Times noted: Geoff Muldaur "...succeeds not because he copies the timbre and inflections of a down-home African American but because his voice - reedy, quavering, other worldly - is so unusual that [the music] he sings becomes little more than a context, a jumping-off point."

Regarding a recent performance in London,
The London Times wrote, "Immaculate guitar picking was
matched by vocals that were rich, and bore out the guitarist, Richard Thompson's praise for him: 'There are
only three white blues singers, and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.'"