Erik Olsen - ProfilesArchive

About Me

My name is Erik Olsen. I Love To Play My Guitar...and Yes, I wear "Old Spice" after shave. "If Your Grandfather Hadn't Worn It, You Wouldn't Exist".....

My Interests

Guitar's, Music, Good Food, & Good People

Music:

Blues, Soul, R&B, Funk... Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Donny Hathaway, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix,Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., The Rat Pack, Doyle Bramhall 2, Stevie Wonder, Albert Collins; Just to name a few.

Movies:

High Fidelity, Serendipity, Way Of The Gun, Ray, What Dreams May Come, Man On Fire, True Romance, Black Snake Moan, 8mm, The Blues Brothers, The Simpson's Movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, & Walk The Line...

Television:

That 70's Show, Simpsons, Family Guy, Cold Case Files, Will & Grace, Sanford & Son, Robot Chicken

Books:

Caught In The Crossfire; Biography of Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Art Of War, My Way; Biography of Frank Sinatra

Heroes:

Mom, Grandma, The Vaughan Brothers and My children, They always make me smile...

My Blog

I have the memory of a goldfish...

I hadn't been "awake" long after my surgery when I started to take note of certain things. The first thing was that I had no powers of speech. I would try to speak but nothing would come out except a...
Posted by Erik Olsen on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:55:00 PST

Letter To My Tumor...

I accidentally deleted this previous blog entry so here it is again...as best as I can remember... Dear Tumor, You delivered a pretty good blow but not good enough to put me down for the cou...
Posted by Erik Olsen on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:31:00 PST

"Someone Stole The Fu**ing Moon" PART 1

"Someone Stole The Fu*#ing Moon" is an inside joke between me and a friend, that all started one evening when everything possible went wrong. It begins while driving on route 695 near Ellicot City, M...
Posted by Erik Olsen on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:03:00 PST

"Someone Stole The Fu**ing Moon" PART 2

This Section Told By "Chris" Let's pick this up where Erik arrives at Crabtown and meets with Chris. Chris is out in the parking lot with the hood of his Lebaron up and looking in the engine compartme...
Posted by Erik Olsen on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:00:00 PST

The Way I Was Raised

My family is from South Baltimore City and moved to the county before I was born. I grew up in Glen Burnie/Pasadena, Maryland. Growing up my mother was very big on all forms ...
Posted by Erik Olsen on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:10:00 PST