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Eric Sopanen

They'll have to pry my guitar out of my dead hands

About Me

travel layout @ HOT FreeLayouts.com love / music / movies I am a devout guitarist, have been since basically 1966. Heard Hendrix in 67 and no turning back! Now I own a guitar store, and play in a number of bands. Let's jam!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/23/2006
Band Members:
Gearscore.com - The guitar playing alternative to MySpace!
Influences: Gentle Giant, Jimi Hendrix, Genesis, Dixie Dregs, Little Feat, Led Zeppelin, David Wilcox, James Taylor, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, Black Crowes, Oingo Boingo, Beatles, Yes, Cream, Blind Faith, Steve Winwood, Tchaikovsky, Mister Mister, Django Reinhart, Brian Ferry, Ry Cooder, Warren Haynes, Bach, Sonny Landreth, Derek Trucks, Joe Satriani, Saga, Jerry Douglas, Chris Cain, Pat Metheny, Scott Henderson, Sting, Robben Ford, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, The Hellecasters, Danny Gatton, Brian Setzer, Freddie Green, Charlie Christian, Nik Kershaw, And Gentle Giant. Did I forget to mention Gentle Giant? Basically, anybody that when you listen to them, you not only hear expert playing, but the emotion comes pouring through.
Sounds Like: You tell me
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Stupid Myspace tag game. Blecch

OK shit I got tagged. So now I gotta do this. The way it works is, if you get tagged, you have to post a blog with 10 random things about yourself. Then you pick 10 friends, and leave them the comment...
Posted by Eric Sopanen on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:44:00 PST

Gig Etiquette

THINGS EVERY FAN SHOULD KNOW  - Johnny GarnerBAND CLAIRVOYANCE: When requesting a song from the band, just say "Play my song!" We have chips implanted in our heads with an unlimited database of...
Posted by Eric Sopanen on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:02:00 PST