ABOUT

When not being a single Dad to four awesome daughters and spoiling his cat (who thinks he's a dog), Eric is a sought-after artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist. After many years behind both the drumkit and mixing board, Eric has stepped out front, releasing his first solo, original music in 2020, including the “Do, Baby.” EP, as well as two singles: “Anxious Zen” and “Another Page.” In 2021, Eric released the full-length record, "Where You Born At?" as well as the singles, “Orbit," "Arise" and "The Lean Years." Eric's much anticipated, newest full-length record, "Dang Fool," is available now on your music platform of choice.

In 2022, Eric was named a "Finalist" by the WAMMIE AWARDS for "Best Folk Artist," "Best Folk Album," "Best Folk Song" and "Best Pop Song." 

Also in 2022, Roots Music Report listed both of Eric’s releases, "Do, Baby." and "Where You Born At?" as their National TOP CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM CHART's "Best of 2021." 

Roots Music Report listed Eric’s EP "Do, Baby." in the TOP 50 of their National TOP CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM CHART's "Best of 2020." His songs "Conversational Snow," "Part of It," "Patiently," " Throw It All Away," "The Old Way," "The First Taste" and "Another Page" all made their "BEST SINGLES CHART OF 2020” as well.

In 2021, Eric was named a "Finalist" by the WAMMIE AWARDS for "Best Folk Artist" and his "Do, Baby." record was also named a "Finalist" for "Best Folk Album," "Best Pop Album" and "Best Rock Album." 

Eric has performed live and recorded with many talented artists, including:

Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago, Our Native Daughters), Billy Thompson (Little Milton, Albert King, Art Neville), Don Chapman (Firefall's Larry Burnett & Rick Roberts, America), Ron Holloway (Warren Haynes, Dizzy Gillespie, The Allman Brothers, Sonny Rollins, Tedeschi/Trucks), Daryl Johnson (The Neville Brothers, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, U2, Bob Dylan), James East (Elton John, Lionel Richie, Eric Clapton), Warner Williams (Piedmont blues legend, 2012 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Winner), Drink Small (Piedmont blues legend, 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Winner), Bill Payne (Little Feat, J.J. Cale, The Doobie Brothers), Lenny Castro (Adele, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Maroon 5, Stevie Wonder) and Mike Finnigan (Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker), to name a few. 

Eric has performed at venues and music festivals throughout the country including: 

NPR’s Mountain Stage-WV, B.B. King Blues Club-NY, House of Blues-IL, The Bayou-DC, Belly Up-San Diego, Humphreys Concerts by the Bay-CA, 9:30 Club-DC, Blues Alley-DC, House of Blues-FL, Greenwood Blues Cruise-SC, Beale Street Blues Festival, Colonial Beach Blues Festival-VA, Washington Folk Festival-DC, Carolina Downhome Blues Festival-SC, Western Maryland Blues Festival-MD, New York State Blues Festival-NY, Paoli Blues Festival-PA, Winchester Blues Festival-VA, Lisner Auditorium-DC, Michelob Dayton Blues Festival-OH, Pennsylvania Blues Festival-PA, San Diego Blues Festival-CA, The Music Center at Strathmore-MD and The Kennedy Center-DC. 

As a producer, Eric provided his creativity and talents to:

Eric Selby* - "Where You Born At?"

Eric Selby* – "Do, Baby."

Eric Selby* – “Anxious Zen”

Eric Selby* – “Another Page”

Eric Selby* – “Orbit”

Little Bit A Blues – “Live at B.B. King’s Bluesville” 

(Awarded with Best Live Recording of the Year by Blues411) 

Laura Belle - "Keep Walking" 

Memphis Gold – “Pickin’ In High Cotton” 

Norman Taylor – “D2D – Acoustic” 

Norman Taylor – “Delaware to the Delta” 

Norman Taylor - "Sing Your Blues Live Your Light"

Norman Taylor - "Meditations on the Blues"

Abigail Palmer Group – “Shedding Shadows” 

Abigail Palmer Group – “Abigail Palmer Group”

*with Marco Delmar

Eric has been named Blue411‘s Drum Thumper “Jimi” Award winner, been nominated for multiple WAMMIE awards, inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, #1 on Blues411‘s charts multiple times and was featured in Modern Drummer for his approach and perspective in their “Drummer Blogs.”

Eric is a Soul Stew Records recording artist and endorses: SonoTone Premium Guitar & Bass Strings, Canopus Drums, Soultone Cymbals, Tycoon Percussion, The Grombal-Cymbal Accessories, CymbalChief, BEATO Bags and Ahead Drumsticks and is a DrumART showcased artist