Richard Newman came to Portland yesterday and shot a few minutes of me playing a Hebie Hancock tune and talking a bit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Fed8UAoJY
 

A Few New Reviews For The Slow Moving Dog CD
 
http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p06424.htm
 
http://www.victorymusic.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=650:eric-skye-acoustic-groove-trio-slow-moving-dog&catid=82:current-month-reviews&Itemid=85
 
http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2010/05/25/slow-moving-dog-is-none-of-the-above/
 
http://www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-21080.html

Santa Cruz Guitar Company To Release Eric Skye Signature Model 
 
Richard Hoover is the preeminent steelstring guitar maker of our time. He’s a living legend in the business. For him to do this with me is frankly one of the highlights of my life, and I’m just incredibly humbled, excited, and grateful. More detail soon.

Just did this interview for the new CD on the podcast Gear For Guitar: http://gearforguitar.com/podcasts/gfgepisode8.mp3

Slow Moving Dog is moving fast. Week one and I'm walking to the post office every day with shopping bags full of CDs. God bless the internet!!
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/EricSkye1

 
Saturday May 30th the duo will be hosted by someone that regularly puts on house concerts for touring acts. It’s a fabulous home atop Mt Tabor in South East Portland, with a wonderful acoustic space that has been very thoughtfully and comfortably set up for intimate concerts.  Doors will open at 6:30. At 7pm I will do a very short solo guitar set followed by the duo. For more information, reservations, and directions, please contact Mark at (503) 644-5490 or mark@mahonia.com
 
 

I’m doing a solo house concert in San Francisco Saturday evening March 7th. It’s being hosted by some very dear friends of mine that are truly wonderful people, in a great old house in the Sunset district. I’m sure it’ll be a great group of folks to meet. I’m driving down this time, so I’ll be bringing a few of the Santa Cruz guitars they made for me over the Summer for people to check out. I’m planning on sticking around all night if anyone want to jam, talk, etc. Shoot me an e-mail fairly soon at eric@ericskye.com to reserve a spot.

 

Sunday March 8th, from 2pm, I'll be doing a house in beautiful Watsonville. It's $15 per person. For more information email  tebr@cruzio.com

Here's the live broadcast we did 10/4 on our local Jazz and NPR station here in Pacific Northwest. You can download it as an mp3 for your ipod or whatever by clicking here: http://snipr.com/4jf4s-cq5qlm Or if you want to just stream it and listen on your computer click here: http://www.ericskye.com/music/KMHD_Duo.m3u

Bay Area Gig July 24th

Just want to give those in the Bay Area a heads up about a very cool gig I´m doing with Portland bassist Brian Casey http://www.myspace.com/ericskyeandbriancaseyduo

It will be in Campbell, California on Thursday, July 24th, in the Harvest Room of the Pruneyard Plaza Hotel. Doors open at 6:45pm and we´ll begin at 7:00pm. I´ll play about a 1/2 hour set solo fingerstyle, and then over an hour with Portland bassist Brian Casey. And then, if people want, we´ll hang out for a little Q&A about playing acoustic jazz, or whatever, after.

The room is relatively small, intimate and very private…no interruptions; no distractions. And it´s right next to a good brewpub so I won´t be too homesick for the Pacific Northwest. It´s $15, young people 16 and younger, accompanied by an adult, are free. You can reserve a space by sending an e-mail to the person putting this all on, Darryl Noda, dhnoda@sbcglobal.net

Made a quickie three tune demo yestermorning of the new duo I´m working on with upright bassist Brian Casey.

You can download them immediately by clicking here: http://snipr.com/2bn0b-pbixw5

Or you can just stream here:
http://www.ericskye.com/music/1-01_All_Blues_Duo.m3u
http://www.ericskye.com/music/1-02_Blue_Bossa_Duo.m3u
http://www.ericskye.com/music/1-03_Summertime_Duo.m3u

There´s going to be a new website up next week that I'll have a link to with duo pictures, tunes, and Summer dates in Portland, Seattle, San Jose, and San Francisco.

Click below to see a scan of page 51 in the July issue of Acoustic Guitar. Yours truly playing my beloved OM/PW. My favorite guitar in my favorite magazine. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/SCGCAd.jpg

New website, photos, and recording coming in the next two weeks for the duo. Stay tuned!!

I´m just incredibly excited these days about the new duo with upright bassist Brian Casey right now http://www.myspace.com/tangle_head . I think it´s just a once in a lifetime match up. Brian is an incredible musician and person and I´m truly humbled and amazed that I get to make music with him right now.

This morning my wife and I went to Santa Cruz Guitars and got an amazing tour by Richard Hoover and Willie Carter. These are far and away some of the nicest people we´ve ever met. It was just incredible. I ended up nervously playing a bunch of tunes there in the office for them with more than a few truly stellar guitars. Click below for pics.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/IMG_3662.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/IMG_3663.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/IMG_3671.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/IMG_3654.jpg

Just singed for the sixith year as an endorser with Elixir Strings!
http://www.elixirstrings.com/

Simply not possible to be associated with a better bunch of people. I´m truly truly humbled to be a part of the Santa Cruz family. http://www.santacruzguitar.com/

I'm now on Myspace.
http://myspace.com/ericskye

Going back into Blue Dog Recording to begin work on mythird release. This time around a collection of all original funky bluesy jazz again on acoustic guitar with upright bass, and percussion. Look for a Summer 08' release and tour.