Aztec Two-Step is an American folk-rock band, formed by Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman at a chance meeting on open stage, at a Boston coffee house, the Stone Phoenix,

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at AllMusic in 1971. Fowler grew up in Connecticut and Maine, and Shulman grew up in Manhattan. The band was named after a line from a poem that appeared in '' A Coney Island of the Mind'' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Former Maine

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Chris Greeley once worked as a light man for the group. After two months in Boston, the duo moved to New York City, which remained their base. Within a year after meeting, they had a contract with

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to make their first album. This self-titled debut on Elektra was followed by three albums with RCA Records. They are noted for longevity as a duo, with a career of more than 40 years of performing together. Fowler once explained, "we've survived with pure guile, DIY's and the support of our fan base which we established by recording on two major labels (Elektra and RCA Records) back in the Seventies." In 1982, Aztec Two-Step played two sold-out performances at The Door (formerly The Cellar Door), the iconic Washington DC club in Georgetown, becoming the last band to play at the club before it closed. On that night, "possibly as a diversionary move to keep the doors open," the audience called the duo back for eight encores. They received the

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for Best Folk Album in 1986, and have performed on TV and radio programs such as ''

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'', ''The King Biscuit Flower Hour'', and '' World Cafe Live''. A documentary about the band, ''No-Hit Wonder'', aired on PBS in 1999.

Discography

* ''Aztec Two-Step'' (1972) * ''Second Step'' (1975) * ''Two's Company'' (1976) * ''Adjoining Suites'' (1977) * ''Times of Our Lives'' (1979) * ''Living in America'' (1986) * ''See It Was Like This...'' (1989) * ''Of Age'' (1993) * ''Highway Signs'' (1996) (Live album) * ''Gettysburg: Reflections on American Life'' (2001) * ''Live and Rare'' (2001) * ''Plums'' (2003) * ''Days of Horses'' (2004) * ''Time It Was - The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook'' (2009) * ''The Persecution & Restoration of Aztec Two-Step (An Anthology)'' (2009) * ''Cause And Effect'' (2012) * ''Naked'' (2017)

References

External links

Official web site
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Released Rex Fowler's solo album "Reflections on American Life" as well as the Aztec Two-Step Album "Live & Rare"
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