When Eric straps on his Fender Stratocaster, a guitar which he now plays by choice, he makes guitar playing look way too simple. Eric was born in Mansfield, Ohio on June 21, 1971. Growing up he showed little interest in music until around the age of 15. He got his first guitar on his fifteenth Christmas and by the end of that following summer his guitar licks were already hotter than the desert sun. The influence of Eddie Van Halen and other topnotch guitar slingers of the day gave Eric his edge in speed and dexterity which lends itself well to his own style of playing the blues.When Eric turned his full attention to playing and singing the blues, his finger-tapping, dive-bar antics became superfluous and were buried in the dust where they now rest in peace. Eric played five years with "Madhouse"/"Violent Passion" and a year with "Little Rebel" before forming the "Eric Rhodes Band".Upon hearing Eric's self titled CD/ Demo one will immediately understand the fearsome meshing of his creative lyrical style and his explosive guitar playing. Eric is a serious, dedicated musician, and we'd like to think he's one of the better guitar players in the profession.

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