Given the question: Facts: - death place: chapel hill , north carolina , united states - death date: 03 august 2008 - genre: folk - birth date: 25 september 1933 - name: erik darling - background: solo_singer - label: vanguard - birth place: baltimore , maryland , united states - associated acts: the tarriers , te weavers - occupation: songwriter , singer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of erik darling .
The answer is:
erik darling -lrb- september 25 , 1933 -- august 3 , 2008 -rrb- was an american songwriter and a folk music artist .he was an important influence on the folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s .