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Melissa Ferrick is an American singer-songwriter born in 1970 and raised in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her
father was a public school teacher who managed several free-jazz bands on the side. As a child, Ferrick would often accompany her father to clubs on Boston's North Shore to watch the bands play<ref>[http://www.campbettycampout.com/2005/behindthescenes/melissaferrick.htm Camp Betty Campout 2005 - Melissa Ferrick<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. She began taking classical violin lessons at the age of 5, and then moved on to the piano. In elementary and junior high school, she learned the trumpet and bass. Altogether, she received twelve years of formal music training, including two years each at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music. Ferrick taught herself to play the acoustic guitar at Berklee, and dropped out after two years to pursue her music career.
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Ferrick began her career singing and playing in coffeehouses in the East Village, New York.<ref>[http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2006/12/todays_top_stop_melissa_ferrick.php Express: A Publication of The Washington Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She received a great deal of publicity in 1991 when she replaced, at the last minute, the opening act for the singer Morrissey on tour. Largely as a result of her standout performances with... read all
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