Eric Von Schmidt
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| Born | May 28, 1931 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 2007 (aged 75) Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1950s–2007 |
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Eric von Schmidt (May 28, 1931 – February 2, 2007) was an American folk musician and painter. He was associated with the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s and was a key part of the Cambridge folk music scene. As a singer and guitarist, he was considered to be the leading specialist in country blues in Cambridge at the time, the counterpart of Greenwich Village's Dave Van Ronk. Von Schmidt co-authored with Jim Rooney Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years.