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Slaid Cleaves

Recording Artist · Also a musician

Slaid Cleaves is an Austin singer-songwriter, raised in Maine, whose plainspoken story songs about working people and hard luck have been covered widely in folk and bluegrass.

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  • Born Richard Slaid Cleaves on June 9, 1964, in Washington, D.C., and raised in South Berwick, Maine; has lived in the Austin area since 1992.
  • Came to wider notice with No Angel Knows (1997) on Philo, the Rounder imprint.
  • His song "Broke Down" won Song of the Year at the Austin Music Awards in 2001.
  • Wrote "Hickory, Walnut & Pine" with Nathan Hamilton and released it as "Hickory" on Ghost on the Car Radio (2017); the Po' Ramblin' Boys covered it two years later.

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