Eddie From Ohio

All releases are on the band's own label, Virginia Soul Records. Many of his fans consider him very underrated as a performer, guitarist, and producer. Success and critical acclaim has built slowly over the couse of EFO's history, but the band now boasts a truly nationwide following. The list of artists he has worked with is immense, from legends to footnotes in rock history. 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. in semi-retirement, releasing the occasional album and touring infrequently, mainly due to ill health. Their early repertoire of covers (by such artists as The Byrds and Blues Traveler) was soon augmented by originals from songwriters Schaefer and Clem. He now lives in L.A.

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. He even soundtracked a Porkies movie. A college friend of Hartness's coined the nickname for him, by analogy with the lead singer of fIREHOSE, Ed 'From Ohio' Crawford. Edmunds spent the 1980s releasing more music to an ever selective audience, collaborating with and producing an assortment of artists, from Paul McCartney to King Kurt, via The Stray Cats. Name notwithstanding, the band is not from Ohio. Bizarrely, after their first LP as Rockpile, Seconds Of Pleasure, the band split. 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. Dave Edmunds had more hits during this time, including "Girls Talk", "I Knew The Bride", and "Queen Of Hearts".

This Is Me, 2004. For contractual reasons they could not record as Rockpile until 1980, and so released albums as solo LP's backed by their band. Three Rooms, 2003. The Brinsley Schwarz connection brought about a collaboration with Nick Lowe, operating under the name Rockpile, with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. Quick, 2001. His own solo LP from that era, Subtle As A Flying Mallet, was similar in style. Looking Out The Fishbowl, 1999. After learning his trade as a producer, culminating in a couple of Phil Spector type singles, "Baby I Love You" and "Born To Be With You", he became enamoured of the concurrent pub rock movement of the early 1970s, producing Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, and also The Flamin' Groovies, using a stripped down, grittier sound.

Portable EFO Show, 1998. After the band split, Edmunds had a huge number one single with "I Hear You Knocking", a cover of a blues classic from Smiley Lewis. Big Noise, 1997. "Sabre Dance" was typical of this, a top ten hit after much airplay from DJ John Peel. I Rode Fido Home, 1995. Dave Edmunds (born April 15, 1944) came out of Cardiff, Wales in the late 1960s, fronting a band called Love Sculpture who were playing blues and rocked up classical pieces. Actually Not, 1993.

A Juggler On His Blades, 1992. EFO Live At The Birchmere (cassette only), 1991. Michael Clem - guitar, bass, harmonica, vocals. Eddie Hartness - percussion, vocals.

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