About Me
Here's the deal, brothers and sisters: I am Last Eddie and I write, sing, arrange, and play good music with really good musicians and singers in the New Jersey/New York area. We currently jam and work out our arrangements at a few choice venues, such as "JIMMY'S ROCK CAFE," in Moonachie, NJ, "THE DUBLINER," in Hoboken, NJ, "THE MEXICALI BLUES CAFE," in Teaneck, NJ, The "JERSEY BOYS," in New Milford, NJ, as well as other places in the general area. My music is grounded in the original rock-and-roll, blues, and soul of the fifties and sixties. I try to extend the traditions of the great music writers and performers of those times, keeping in mind that THEY grew up listening to the swing and dance bands of the thirties and forties. I started singing on street corners and in school bathrooms from the time I was nine. My older sisters taught me how to dance, using a towel wrapped around the refrigerator handle as a partner. I can Lindy, slop, bop, Bristol-stomp, shimmy, twist(Checker, and Peppermint), jerk, monkey(regular and Boston), pony, bu-ga-loo, skate, shing-a-ling, and any old thing-- not to leave out cha-cha, mambo, merengue (we were very big on Tito Puente in my mamma's home).
So right now I am at work recording and producing my first two CD offerings, consisting of my original songs, mixed with tunes from the past that you may recognize-- recast, reborn, and ready to rock your world again. You will be hearing selections of them on my page, as well.Who will I be playing and singing with? This is the best part! In the last few years I've met and played with so many uniquely talented people that I've decided to keep things open-ended. I'm gonna let the music decide, inviting the players who seem most connected to the music selected for a particular gig. Plugged, unplugged, solo, duo, trio, four, five. . .hell, ten piece if the opportunity arises!! The vocal presentations will also be diverse: lead, harmony, male, female. . .anything for a good time!! And we're gonna be looking for venues with dance floors where partners can show their stuff, or move together when that slow-dance tune comes up (I'm just trying to help out, brothers and sisters).
