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Geoff Muldaur (born August 12, 1943, Pelham
Pelham (town), New York

Pelham is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Town in Westchester County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 11,866 at the 2000 census....
, New York
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) is a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Jim Kweskin

Jim Kweskin is the founder of the Jim Kweskin jug band, with Fritz Richmond, Mel Lyman, and Geoff Muldaur and Maria Muldaur. They were active in Boston in the 1960s....
 of Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

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, a member of Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield was an United States blues vocalist, harmonica player who gained international recognition in part, as one of the early acts performing during the Summer of Love, in Woodstock, New York....
's Better Days, as well as an accomplished solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
, singer, and songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
.

ging from the Kweskin band with his then-wife, Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur is a roots-folk music and blues singer best known for her song "Midnight at the Oasis"....
, he established an impressive reputation in the Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 area in the 1960s and 1970s, followed by a move to the burgeoning folk
Folk

English Folk "people" is derived from a Germanic languages noun *fulka meaning "people" or "army" . The English word folk has cognates in most of the other Germanic languages....
, blues
Blues

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 and folk-rock explosion in Woodstock, New York.






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Geoff Muldaur (born August 12, 1943, Pelham
Pelham (town), New York

Pelham is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Town in Westchester County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 11,866 at the 2000 census....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
) is a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Jim Kweskin

Jim Kweskin is the founder of the Jim Kweskin jug band, with Fritz Richmond, Mel Lyman, and Geoff Muldaur and Maria Muldaur. They were active in Boston in the 1960s....
 of Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
, a member of Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield was an United States blues vocalist, harmonica player who gained international recognition in part, as one of the early acts performing during the Summer of Love, in Woodstock, New York....
's Better Days, as well as an accomplished solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
, singer, and songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
.

Career

Emerging from the Kweskin band with his then-wife, Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur is a roots-folk music and blues singer best known for her song "Midnight at the Oasis"....
, he established an impressive reputation in the Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 area in the 1960s and 1970s, followed by a move to the burgeoning folk
Folk

English Folk "people" is derived from a Germanic languages noun *fulka meaning "people" or "army" . The English word folk has cognates in most of the other Germanic languages....
, blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 and folk-rock explosion in Woodstock, New York. He separated from his wife in 1972. He recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 with such as Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
, Eric Von Schmidt
Eric Von Schmidt

Eric Von Schmidt was an United States singer-songwriter associated with the folk/blues revival of the 1960s and a key part of the East Coast folk music scene that included Bob Dylan and Joan Baez....
, and Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia

Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his work with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group....
 before stopping to tour or record in the mid 1980s. During this period, he composed
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 score
Film score

A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film, which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film. The term Soundtrack is often confused with film score, though a soundtrack may also include songs featured in the film as well as previously released music by other artists, while the score does...
s for film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
, winning an Emmy Award
Emmy Award

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, and produced
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 album
Album

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s for lesser known musicians such as Lenny Pickett
Lenny Pickett

Lenny Pickett is an United States saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, music director and Music teacher. He was a member of the Tower of Power Horns from 1972 until 1981, and since 1985 has been the tenor saxophone soloist with the Saturday Night Live band....
 and the Borneo Horns and the Richard Greene
Richard Greene (fiddle player)

Richard Greene is a violinist and "one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time"....
 String Quartet, emerging after eleven years in 1999 with the critically acclaimed album, The Secret Handshake.

Muldaur continues to record and tour the world. His sister
Sibling

A sibling is a brother or a sister; that is, any person who shares the same parents.In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood with each other....
 is the actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 Diana Muldaur
Diana Muldaur

Diana Muldaur is an United States television and film actor....
 (L.A. Law
L.A. Law

L.A. Law is an United States television legal drama that ran from 1986 in television to 1994 in television. It was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s....
, McCloud and Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation

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).

His daughters, Jenni Muldaur and Clare Muldaur, are also singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
s.

Discography


Solo Albums

  • Sleepy Man Blues - Prestige
  • Having a Wonderful Time - Warner Bros/Reprise
  • Motion - Warner Bros/Reprise
  • Blues Boy - Flying Fish
  • I Ain't Drunk - Hannibal
  • The Secret Handshake - HighTone
  • Password - HighTone
  • Beautiful Isle of Somewhere - Tradition & Moderne, Germany
  • Private Astronomy - A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke - Deutsche Grammophon


with Maria Muldaur

  • Pottery Pie - Warner Bros/Reprise
  • Sweet Potatoes - Warner Bros/Reprise


with Amos Garrett
Amos Garrett

Amos Garrett is an Canada guitarist and performer. He is best known for his guitar solo on Maria Muldaur's hit record, "Midnight at the Oasis"....

  • Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett - Flying Fish
  • Live in Japan - Yupiteru (Japan)


Jim Kweskin Jug Band

  • Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band - Vanguard
  • Jug Band Music - Vanguard
  • See Reverse Side for Title - Vanguard
  • Garden of Joy - Warner Bros.
  • Jug Band Blues (with Sippie Wallace
    Sippie Wallace

    Sippie Wallace was an United States Texas blues singer, and songwriter. Although her recording career stretched throughout most of the 1920s, her best work was done from 1923 to 1927 when she was recording with Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams....
    )     - Mountain Railroad
  • Greatest Hits - Vanguard


Paul Butterfield's Better Days

  • Better Days - Warner Bros/Bearsville
  • It All Comes Back - Warner Bros/Bearsville


Various Artists

  • The Blues Project- Elektra
  • The Bluesville Years - Prestige
  • Newport Folk Festival 1964 Evening Concerts Vol. 1 - Vanguard
  • Newport Folk Festival 1965 - Vanguard
  • Festival 1967 - Vanguard
  • The Record Show - Warner Bros
  • Goodbye - Suspex
  • Avalon Blues - Vanguard


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