Played harp in high school and college. Picked it up again on New Years Eve 2007 after a very long absence.
Born in Detroit and grew up in the California Sierra Nevada mountains
Swing Slow and Sweet
''Slow and Sweet indeed. May be more blues and less notes/scales then the typical jazz musician but it lets the bass lines and the piano chords breath. Much of my favorite jazz musicians (Miles, Chet Baker) in fact often had a similar approach.''
--Windsaver
Bellyacher Boogie
''Good playing with you own unique style and sound but slightly out of sync with the BT. Latency problem?''
--Windsaver
Swing Slow and Sweet
''Well played but I thought the effects took away from the jazzy nature of the BT rather than complimenting it.''
--Ringer
Bellyacher Boogie
''That's some sweet stuff. You always have some different sounds coming out of your mouth!!''
--Ringer
Swing Slow and Sweet
''some very interesting riffs in there - big range from uncertainty to some brilliant moments IMHO - middle part solid - interesting tone for set up you used''
--htrain
Bellyacher Boogie
''Good vibe all over ! wide range and all the things wanna hear!!''
--floppy lips
Bellyacher Boogie
''Great tone and nice boogie licks ! Well done Eric !''
--Tonyh
Bellyacher Boogie
''cool tone - bits and pieces worked out just fine! - nice chorus forms and melody lines - some wicked riffs in there - techniques very effective - lots to borrow from in here - thanks Eric!!''
--htrain
Bellyacher Boogie
''Cool stuff, something you have say's this is Eric!!..you have that "hoo howw' tone there, hy5's!!!!!!!....lol''
--Steamrollin Stan
At Behest of the Blues
''Nice tone coming outta that thing Eric. It should be called 'At The Behest of the Celtic Blues' :) Would have a been cool to have a little bit more of an upbeat solo to break up the the melodic stuff a bit. You got your own sound and style fo sho!''
--Lips Angelo
At Behest of the Blues
''Sail on my little honey bee, sail on. How this doesn't have more points in amazing to me.''
--Ringer
At Behest of the Blues
''love your slow style timbres''
--dmb
At Behest of the Blues
''The Unix Master relaxes with a slow one! This sounds like you are just relaxing and enjoying some pleasant harp. Enjoyed it. No real melody in here that stuck with me though. But don't want to overcriticize fun.''
--Rick
End of the World Blues
''Sounds good!''
--polypheme
End of the World Blues
''Yeah...way to feel it Eric :) Soulful.''
--Lips Angelo
End of the World Blues
''Despite the trouble with recording gear its still a pleasure to listen to your unique style. Good post. Cool warbles''
--Windsaver
At Behest of the Blues
''good 1 eric just flows along and a really good mood setting !!''
--floppy lips
At Behest of the Blues
''I appreciate and agree with the feedback. I'm mostly concentrating on just finding notes. It's kind of like golf - just swinging clubs, right? hahaha :-)''
--Eric Stahl
At Behest of the Blues
''beauty acoustic tone - tremolo nice - very melancholy in mood - nice hand work - have to agree re"spaces" but this is so well done!! good on yah!''
--htrain
At Behest of the Blues
''Typo mayke > maybe.''
--Frosty
At Behest of the Blues
''Good tone and nice feeling, nice folk music style feeling. I agree that you could keep some pauses and mayke take some faster runs now and then. But this is good even like it is now.''
--Frosty
At Behest of the Blues
''Eric you have great tone and play some good phrases and licks. But you hardly stop playing! Try some gaps to allow the audience a breather and let the BT shine.Silence is the most important note in any scale. It creates tension and contrast.''
--7LimitJI
End of the World Blues
''Nice chording and warbles Eric, vibrato effective, good mournful mood established!''
--Brett
End of the World Blues
''cool stylistic diversity''
--dmb
End of the World Blues
''Got the hand jive going!! No worries about the recording. Sounds good to me. I never edit myself, just try different takes.''
--Ringer
End of the World Blues
''Some tasty stuff in here Eric !Great tone.You lost the groove a couple of times but pulled it back :o)''
--7LimitJI
End of the World Blues
''Wow, powerful, then tasty, then... Nobody else plays like that, you got your own sounds.''
--BeelzeBob
End of the World Blues
''sure good looking and sounding warts Eric - good hand fx and warbles - sweet tone - love that tremolo - well done - hope you get that system fixed up with no injuries!!''
--htrain
End of the World Blues
''Very nice! You made it interesting all along. Great tone.''
--edsanmi