Edie Murphy - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I play fiddle and mandolin with the all-girl country group Dime Box Band.
"The Cinema Girls & Million Dollar Dan" is my fun, song circle jam band. Joining me in this project is fellow Dime Boxer Yolande Ng, the wonderfully talented Jaimi Shuey and upright bass extraordinaire Dan Dungan. We first played together at THE best open jam in L.A. called "The Stumpwater Experiment" over at our favorite hangout The Cinema Bar. We had such a blast that we decided to form a group.
And if all that wasn't enough, I'm deeply humbled and honored to play fiddle with a terrific bluegrass group called (oddly enough) MURPHY'S FLAW!
From time to time I've performed with Dafni, Sarah Stanley, the mighty Wil Forbis, and Ghost Town.
About the tracks . . .
"Betsy" and "Up To Here" are the back porch, acoustic versions from Dime Box Band written by the infamous Kristi Callan (lead vocals, guitar). These two tunes also feature Pam Moore (of Madame Pamita's Parlour Of Wonders fame) on bass & low harmonies and myself on mandolin, fiddle & high harmonies.
The song "You Wouldn't Believe It" is from the virtual band Neb Crabula... band members are Greg Skillman: songwriter/guitar/bass/vocals, Adam Rabin: drums/mixing engineer and myself on fiddle/vocals. The three of us live in different time zones and record via email.
Crackerbone was my very first project here in Los Angeles with my best friend the Boneman aka Kevin Bone. "3,000 Miles" was one of the Crackerbone tunes I wrote and recorded on a portable digital 4-track. That's me singing and strumming the mandolin along with the Boneman on drums, Dave Ivie on bass and Scot Lang on guitar. It's a very primitive DIY recording, but figured "What the hell it's only MySpace!"
I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 8/11/2005
Influences: Richard Greene, Darol Anger, Alison Krauss, Mark O'Connor, Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Mike Marshall, Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ted Falcon, Randy Weeks, Tony Gilkyson, Mike Stinson, Los Angeles Choro Ensemble, The Ditty Bops, The Band, Bob Dylan, Beatles (George is my fave), Lyle Lovett, Dave Alvin, Lucinda Williams, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hot Club Of Cowtown, Steely Dan, Pat Metheny Group, The Waterboys, The Pixies, Peter Gabriel, Camper Van Beethoven, Mekons, T-Rex, Lou Reed, David Bowie.
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My Blog

48th Annual Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest (2008)

Despite the scorching heat, the Topanga Contest was fun as always! The competition was fiercer than ever, and I'm proud to announce that Murphy's Flaw came in 3rd place in the band category.Our banjo ...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Wed, 21 May 2008 09:32:00 PST

Murphy's Flaw wins 2nd place at 2007 Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest!

I am so proud to be playing in Murphy's Flaw, a group of fine bluegrass pickers! My big debut with the boys was yesterday at the 47th Annual Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest where won 2nd place in the ban...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Mon, 21 May 2007 09:07:00 PST

Cinema Girls at Taix Thurs Jan. 11 opening for Circle Town

Can you guess which Cinema Girl is most like which French actress? Better yet, do you recognize these French actresses?...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:18:00 PST

Cinema Girls debut gig Nov. 12

Posted by Edie Murphy on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:28:00 PST

Stupid MySpace inbox!

DANG IT! Can't read any of my messages. Every time I click on one, my computer hangs then freezes. AARGH! So, if yer wonderin' "Why doesn't that lousy Edie write me back?" Well, there you have it. My ...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 07:23:00 PST

new Dime Box Band recordings

I'm so pleased with Dime Box's new acoustic demo. Dennis Moody http://dennismoody.com/ is THE best engineer/producer in L.A and a complete joy to work with. Actually, it really wasn't work. It wa...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:27:00 PST

Had a great time at Topanga contest!

Well, I did it. I competed in my first fiddle contest and it went well. Made the top ten in the morning fiddle playoffs, then advanced to the main stage contest where I came in ninth.Had such a great ...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Wed, 24 May 2006 07:29:00 PST

Topanga Contest this Sunday!

Can't believe the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest is this Sun May 21. I'm excited and nervous all at once. Since I've been studying bluegrass fiddle for only 7 months and it's my first contest, thought i...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Fri, 19 May 2006 05:19:00 PST

Do you really want to be Edie's friend?

The "Add as a friend" craze is a wierd thing, but I gotta say it is nice getting requests from actual friends and new people who share my musical interests. I've added several of m...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Sat, 06 May 2006 08:13:00 PST

Dudes I dig, my top 8...

Got some downtime here on my overnight shift at work, and thought of monkeying around here on MySpace. Tonight's blog headline: Dudes I dig make my top 8. If fiddle great Richard Greene had a MySpace ...
Posted by Edie Murphy on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:09:00 PST