"Intricate fingering, savory slide work, well-textured vocal phrasing, foot-tapping appeal" - Taylor Guitars Website
"Incredible upbeat and rhythmic acoustic guitar...passionate vocal styling" - The Daily News
"A fresh, genuine compositional style" - Marquette Monthly
"A little TOO good" - Pat Donahue, guitarist on public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion"
"Eric Erickson - He wrings every drop of sound out of those strings" - listen.com
With his virtuoso acoustic fingerpicking pop/blues guitar style and emotive, well-seasoned vocals, Eric Bailey Erickson has been able to create a unique style that fuses old traditions with today's popular music. Slightly removed from the standard singer-songwriter mold, his original compositions combine traditional acoustic bottleneck blues styles with contemporary rock and pop...equal parts desert dust, river bottom mud, and city stardust.