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About Me

A group of musicians from varied walks of life have helped erich get his own music out there. After leaving Martha's Vineyard-based hip-hop act 2nd Power, Erich worked shortly with Danny Kortchmar, longtime guitarist and producer for acts like James Taylor, Don Henley, Carol King and other 70s greats. After a few years, erich got enough songs written to start thinking about getting into the Studio. While in the studio, a few music friends came in to help. His Cousin Evan Dando of The Lemonheads, Julianna Hatfield, and others came in to add vocals and other stuff. He currently is working on his debut album, Erich Luening, "Hard Fall Down." Some of his tracks (un-mixed) are available here.Erich extras: I am also a freelance writer and NPR correspondent by trade. I was in a bad car accident in 2002. Broke most bones below the belt, save the most important one--I wont say anymore. The "near death experience" sparked some creative flow. A lot of the stuff on the debut EP is coming from that expeirence, though not all of it. I am looking to play more gigs around New England this year to promote the album and stuff, so I hope to meet some of you in person some day.Go easy,e

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Member Since: 11/19/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/erichluening
Band Members: Erich Luening, guitar and lead vocals; Job Yacubian (occasionally) and Ben Turgis on guitars; Shawn Barber on bass; Drums: Robbie Soltz on drums (some of the time) and vocals; Steve Carrero on drums (a lot of the time)...
Influences: Neil Young; Ottis Reading; Evan Dando; Bob Dylan; Jeff Tweedy; The Replacements; Dwight Richer; Julianna Hatfield; The Rolling Stones; My Morning Jacket; Dinosaur Jr.; Buffulo Tom; The Pixies; Serge Gainsbourg; Jimi Hendrix; Nirvana; Velvet Underground; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Lead Belly; John Coltrane Quartet; Thelonious Monk; The Squares; The Rectangles; The Circles; You all...
Sounds Like: Acoustic/soul/indie/alternative with hints of ottis reading and niel young in the vocal attempts.
Record Label: None that I can think of
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New (and final) mixes up

Finally got into the studio with Mike B. and mixed the five song EP. It was good to listen to the stuff with fresh ears and mind. The EP is representative of work done back then rather than what we pl...
Posted by Erich Luening on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:00:00 PST

Many a gig

I have booked a good amount of gigs this summer. I am also trying to gear up my solo act as well, playing a couple of gigs at coffee house Che's Lounge in Tisbury. With all of this music planned for ...
Posted by Erich Luening on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:05:00 PST

Boston gig tomorrow, are you on the list?

The hardest thing is trying to decide who gets on the list for a big show. That is a big enough show where they have a list at the fuckin' door. What to do? Well you have to go with anyone first who h...
Posted by Erich Luening on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:23:00 PST

Back to the drawing board and some time off stage

Over the last several months I've thought about giving it all up and tossing in the guitar and song. I have not been to happy with my last performances. My timing is off with the band, my sininging fe...
Posted by Erich Luening on Wed, 24 May 2006 09:55:00 PST

Notes on Songs: Jimmy, Juliana and Ev

Just wanted to let you know that Jimmy Ryan plays the beautiful mando on The Only Way; Juliana Hatfield sings on both Hard Fall Down and Hold Your Breath. Soon I will have posted Love Song with the co...
Posted by Erich Luening on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:39:00 PST

I need help spicing up my Myspace site

OK all you MySpacers. Give me some tips on adding some color and spark to my Space here. Talia, Rachel, and Mika have interesting looking sites, while mine looks like a slapshot job done on a hangover...
Posted by Erich Luening on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:06:00 PST

Weekend writing and watching and singing and sleeping

Had a great creative weekend. Git to finish learning new cover songs for the band. Started some new songs of my own, also for the band. But I also got to work hard on two short stories I started in Fe...
Posted by Erich Luening on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:02:00 PST

New Year: New Songs

Now that the New Year is here I plan to work on all the feeble little beginnings of songs I have recorded on my DAT recorder. I have like six or so nuggets ready to be turned in to gold, some how some...
Posted by Erich Luening on Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:46:00 PST