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Richard Slaid Cleaves (born June 9, 1964) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has been performing extensively and recording albums in the Americana genre since the early 1990s. Raised in South Berwick, Maine, he has lived in the Austin, Texas, area since 1992, and is known for what Rolling Stone calls "a knack for giving breath to perpetually down-on-their-luck characters."