Eddie From Ohio (or often just EFO) is an American folk band. Formed in 1991 in Northern Virginia, the band has achieved considerable local success, winning four WAMMIES (Washington DC area music awards) and a nationwide following, all outside the purview of major record labels. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the common people. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Northern Virginia is a regional area consisting of Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. ... ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ...

Members

• Julie Murphy Wells - vocals
• Robbie Schaefer - guitar, vocals
• Eddie Hartness - percussion, vocals
• Michael Clem - guitar, bass, harmonica, vocals

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History

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Childhood friends Robbie Schaefer and Michael Clem recruited Julie Murphy (now Murphy Wells), a high-school friend of Schaefer's, and Eddie Hartness, of Clem's former band, to form the nascent folk group. Their early repertoire of covers (by such artists as The Byrds and Blues Traveler) was soon augmented by originals from songwriters Schaefer and Clem. The band developed a distinctive acoustic sound, marrying two acoustic guitars with hand percussion and strong four-part harmonies, and landed themselves a weekly residency at a local bar. Success and critical acclaim has built slowly over the course of EFO's history, but the band now boasts a truly nationwide following. THE BYRDS The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964) was an American rock group. ... Blues Traveler is an American jam band from Princeton, New Jersey. ...

The band's activities were temporarily suspended in September, 2005 as vocalist Wells was diagnosed with breast cancer. Spring of 2006 sees Wells in her final rounds of chemotherapy, and active in cancer cure fundraising. The band will kick off their 2006 touring schedule April 21 in Houston, Texas.

Discography

All releases are on the band's own label, Virginia Soul Records.

• EFO Live At The Birchmere (cassette only), 1991
• A Juggler On His Blades, 1992
• Actually Not, 1993
• I Rode Fido Home, 1995
• Big Noise, 1997
• Portable EFO Show, 1998
• Looking Out The Fishbowl, 1999
• Quick, 2001
• Three Rooms, 2003
• This Is Me, 2004

External link

• Band's official website
• Julie Murphy Wells "Race For The Cure" webpage