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May 28, 1931 Westport, Connecticut, United States Died on 02 Feb 2007 (aged 75)
American musician (1931-2007)
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About Eric Von Schmidt
- Eric Von Schmidt (May 28, 1931 – February 2, 2007) was an American singer and guitarist, songwriter, painter and illustrator, and Grammy Award recipient.
- He was associated with the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s and a key part of the Cambridge folk music scene.
- As a singer and guitarist, he was considered to be the leading Cambridge specialist in country blues at the time, thus the Cambridge counterpart of Greenwich Village's Dave Van Ronk.
- Von Schmidt co-authored with Jim Rooney Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years.
