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Craig Erickson

Craig Erickson Band/EMC,solo/duet,etc.

About Me

Been playin classy places and holes-in-the wall in the Midwest for years and some cool joints over in France,Germany,and Holland now and then. Solo is like Acoustic Hendrix,Eric Johnson,Ani Di Franco,Willy Porter,loopin and funkin folkin bluesjazzetc. band is from Scofield to hendrix,Govt. Mule,EJ,etc. Al Robinson on bass and various drummersEMC is with fusion jazz drummer Dennis McPartland,etc. sometimes acoustic guitar.sometimes electric....We often play over the heads of today's lesss musically nourished audiences but we try not to play behind their backs...it goes where it goes and morphs with inexplicable cosmic mojo sometimes...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/31/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/craigerickson
Band Members: Al Robinson-bass Dennis McPartland-drums David Morgan-drums Jon Schwabe-bass Craig Erickson-Guitars,Vocals,loops.Keys,non-political speeches,etc.
Influences: Sun,moon,rain,food,music of the 70's,travelling,joking around in a sometimes not so tasteful way but not horribly tasteless or completely uncouth,like so much of today's whatever I guess..... jammin, mon
Sounds Like: many things and music too, oh I don't know...Jimi,Eric Johnson,Frank Marino Trower,Govt. Mule,Heavy country celtic fusion blues funk rock gypsy reggae r+b,and all that stuff
Record Label: various
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Iowa Blues hall Of Fame

Wow,somebody up there must like me...never expected something like that so soon from my own home state.Pretty cool to be inducted with someone as great as Bo Ramsey and the other two great players...A...
Posted by Craig Erickson on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:57:00 PST

What you and your attitude make it

I've had good and bad attitudes,but it is true that what happens to you is only part of the equation and how you think of it and how you get through it is far more important... this could include anno...
Posted by Craig Erickson on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:32:00 PST

the musician's life in middle america or is it middle earth

Wow it's a strange surreal world sometimes where you study your musical heroes and love and absorb music like food/nutrition for life and then you feel drawn to share your skills and self-expression w...
Posted by Craig Erickson on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:26:00 PST