Maria Muldaur

Folk and blues singer Maria Muldaur was born as Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato on September 12, 1943 in Greenwich Village, New York City. At age five, Maria was already singing Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", with her aunt accompanying her on piano. Muldaur became an aficionado of rhythm and blues music in her teen years and formed her own girl group called "The Cashmeres" in high school. She eventually began participating in jam sessions in the Greenwich Village area and joined the band, the Friends of Old Timey Music. Maria traveled to North Carolina and studied bluegrass fiddle with noted folk/country musician Doc Watson. She then returned to New York and became a member of the group, the Even Dozen Jug Band. After that group broke up, Muldaur moved to Boston, Massachusetts and joined the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, where she met her future husband, Geoff Muldaur. After the group disbanded in 1968, Maria and Geoff became a duo and recorded two albums on the Re