35 years have passed since the release of Elliott Murphy's first ground-breaking album Aquashow in 1973 and since that time Elliott Murphy, singer-songwriter, rock troubadour, indefatigable road warrior (over 100 shows a year!) and prolific author of fiction has time and again proven his dedication to his music and his commitment to his growing legion of fans. Once again his uniquely poetic musical vision is being praised with the release of his 30th CD Notes From The Underground featuring eleven new Elliott Murphy songs. The album is already making impact in European radio where lead-off track And General Robert E. Lee is receiving continued radio play across the continent. All Music Guide's Thom Jurek gave Notes From The Underground a glowing four star review (giving Murphy a rare total of twelve four-star albums on the AMG site) and called the album “His best record in a decade.”

Notes From The Underground features French guitarist extraordinaire Olivier Durand (Little Bob, Luz Casal) along with keyboardist Kenny Margolis (Willie Deville, Cracker) and Murphy's touring band The Normandy All Stars consisting of drummer Alan Fatras (Moon Martin) and bassist Laurent Pardo (Kid Pharaon) along with a guest appearances by Elliott's guitar playing son Gaspard on Frankenstein's Daughter.

Born to a show business family in New York, Elliott began his career by winning the New York State Battle of the Bands 1966 followed by a troubadour like odyssey across Europe where he played on the streets in Amsterdam, Paris and Rome including a bit part in Federico Fellini's film Roma. Returning to the US he quickly secured a recording contract and following the critical success of Aquashow came in quick succession 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 many other acclaimed albums. In 2006 the prestigious UK magazine Uncut featured a full page article on Aquashow proclaiming it as an “album classic.” Recent highlights in Murphy's career include a live album with guitarist Chris Spedding (Live Hot Point) a duo album with Iain Matthews (La Terre Commune) and an extraordinary duet with Bruce Springsteen (Selling The Gold) who often invites Elliott on stage with him during his European tours. In October 2008  he was honored with a monumental exhibition in Paris (where he lives) at the Town Hall which featured hundreds of posters, photos, videos, album covers and memorabilia entitled Elliott Murphy - Last of the Rock Stars - Retrospective.

Murphy is also a published author of various collections of short stories, the most recently being CafÉ Notes (Hachette) and two novels Cold And Electric and the neo-western Poetic Justice (Hachette.)

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