Doris Abrahams

b. NY, USA. This singer-songwriter was affected by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger, and in early stages in her profession hung across the Greenwich Town scene, both to try out watching performers such as for example Richie Havens and Dave Vehicle Ronk. Although she began playing a method of folk and nation, this quickly progressed into a combination of blues, ragtime and nation, interspersed with her personal compositions. Through the early 70s, Abrahams performed having a vocal support group known as the Sleazettes, composed of Ellie Greenberg and Maria Muldaur. This device appeared in the Philadelphia Folk Event in 1972. Abrahams continuing to play the faculty circuit as well as the folk night clubs of her indigenous north-east America, sometimes supported by Larry Packer (fiddle), Fred Holman (bass), Allen Friedman (acoustic guitar), with Ellie Greenberg providing the vocals.