Eddie from Ohio (well, from Virginia, if you must know) is too energetic to be labeled just "folk" and not angry enough to be pegged "alternative." Their music defies description, but we can tell you that it blends four-part harmony vocals, hand percussion and acoustic instrumentation into a unique form that has been likened to a meeting between Crosby, Stills & Nash and the Indigo Girls or the Grateful Dead and Peter, Paul, and Mary. And, like one of those other groups, this band has a group of devotees that spreads the word and fills the concert halls. They call 'em . . .  "Edheads."
        Over the last ten years the band has produced six albums, toured the length and breadth of the country, invaded airwaves worldwide, played the big folk festivals and collected thousands of names for their mailing list (perhaps even yours). And not only do they make music together, they run the whole Eddie show: one member handles accounting and merchandising, one does the public relations, one does the booking, while Eddie is secretary of transportation.
        Larry Groce of the Mountain Stage radio show says of Eddie from Ohio: "They've built a great grassroots following. You can see why — they can sing great, they play great and they write good songs: the old-fashioned reason to be popular." Billboard magazine says that the band has become "the darling of the East Coast singer-songwriter scene, employing instrumentation that crosses the musical spectrum, a superb flair for cliché-free melodies, and the stunning voice of Julie Murphy."