Rick Dees

The couple have a son, Kevin. All releases are on the band's own label, Virginia Soul Records. Dees is married to Julie Dees, a voice actress. Success and critical acclaim has built slowly over the couse of EFO's history, but the band now boasts a truly nationwide following. Dees served as host of two television shows, Solid Gold and Into The Night With Rick Dees. 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. Dees has appeared in several movies and has made many guest appearances on television shows such as Married With Children, The Love Boat, and Diagnosis Murder. Their early repertoire of covers (by such artists as The Byrds and Blues Traveler) was soon augmented by originals from songwriters Schaefer and Clem.

Though he currently does not have host a morning show, Dees is under contract with Clear Channel until January 1, 2005. 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. Seacrest also serves as host of American Idol and replaced Casey Kasem on American Top 40. A college friend of Hartness's coined the nickname for him, by analogy with the lead singer of fIREHOSE, Ed 'From Ohio' Crawford. Rick Dees in the Morning was replaced by Clear Channel Communications in 2004 with Ryan Seacrest's On Air with Ryan Seacrest. Name notwithstanding, the band is not from Ohio. Dees was inducted into the Radio Hall Of Fame in 1999 and has also received the People's Choice Award and has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. 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 local music awards) and a nationwide following, all outside the purview of major record labels.

Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 is currently heard on over 350 radio stations in the United States, as well as in 125 other countries. This Is Me, 2004. Dees began his weekly Top 40 show, still currently in syndication, in 1983. Three Rooms, 2003. In 1982, Rick Dees moved to KIIS, a radio station in Los Angeles, where he served as host of Rick Dees in the Morning until 2004. Quick, 2001. The single sold over six million copies and reached number 1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart on October 16, 1976. Looking Out The Fishbowl, 1999.

Dees recorded "'Disco Duck'" in 1976 while working at WMPS, a station in Memphis, Tennesse. Portable EFO Show, 1998. Dees worked in various radio stations through out the southeastern US. Big Noise, 1997. Dees graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972. I Rode Fido Home, 1995. Dees began his radio career in 1966 at the age of 17 at WGBG, a Greensboro radio station. Actually Not, 1993.

Dees was born Rigdon Osmond Dees on March 14, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida and was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. A Juggler On His Blades, 1992. Dees is best known for his syndicated radio show Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and for the song "Disco Duck". EFO Live At The Birchmere (cassette only), 1991. Rick Dees is a radio disc jockey who currently lives in the San Fernando Valley area, near Los Angeles, California, USA. Michael Clem - guitar, bass, harmonica, vocals. Eddie Hartness - percussion, vocals.

Robbie Schaefer - guitar, vocals. Julie Murphy Wells - vocals.