Slaid Cleaves is a singer/songwriter originally from South
Berwick, Maine. An alumni of Tufts University, he currently resides
in Austin, Texas. In 1992, Cleaves was among the winners
of the prestigious New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk
Festival, an award previously given to such artists as Nanci Griffith, Robert Earl Keen and Steve Earle. He rose to national
prominence when he had an Americana charts hit with "Broke Down" that
he co-wrote with childhood friend Rod Picott. Cleaves
tours nationally performing solo and with a band.
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