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Eric Schwartz

Singer-Songwriter and Musical Satirist

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Eric "Red" Schwartz is an American folk singer-songwriter and musical satirist known for his often humorous, sexually explicit lyrics, as in the songs "Clinton Got A Blowjob" and "Who Da Bitch Now". His video "Keep Your Jesus Off My Penis" has been downloaded over a million times. He cites Dr. Demento as an inspiration. He graduated from Tufts University with a degree in biology and worked as an actor and guitarist, before moving to Greenwich Village to begin his songwriting career. He has played several times at the Kerrville Folk Festival and was a finalist in the songwriting contest in 2001. He was a winner of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase.

Schwartz's live performances include appearances at The Bottom Line in New York, Bluebird Café in Nashville, and Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During COVID-19 restrictions, Schwartz took part in the virtual Hard Luck Café concert series held in partnership with the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, New York.

He now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Eric Schwartz est un auteur-compositeur-interprète américain de musique folk, connu pour ses paroles sexuellement explicites, souvent humoristiques comme dans les chansons Clinton Got A Blowjob et Who Da Bitch Now. Sa vidéo, Keep Your Jesus Off My Penis a été téléchargée plus d'un million de fois. Il cite Dr. Demento comme source d'inspiration. Diplômé en biologie de l'université Tufts, il est acteur et guitariste, avant de s'installer à Greenwich Village pour commencer sa carrière d'auteur. Il a joué plusieurs fois au festival folk de Kerrville (en) où il a été finaliste du concours écriture de chansons en 2001.

Il vit à présent à Los Angeles, en Californie.

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