Eric Lindell

Saturday, August 13, 2011 | Blues Stage | 5pm

Eric Lindell's musical style borrows from 1970s blues-rock, soul, and R&B. His style has also been called "blue-eyed soul", a common short-hand used for Anglo blues singers that has been applied to artists including Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates fame) and Van Morrison, among others.

Born "up the road a piece" in San Mateo, Eric started playing in Northern California bars first with the guitar, and later moving to bass, while working as a baker. After a few years he moved to New York City, briefly, then on to New Orleans in 1999, where his creativity flourished. In New Orleans he often played with well-known drummers Johnny Vidacovich and Harold Ray Brown (formerly of War) as well as members of Galactic including Stanton Moore and Ivan Neville (with whom he now occasionally plays in a side project called Dragon Smoke). By 2005, he was well known on the New Orleans music scene, having appeared in local clubs and at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

His last three releases have been on Alligator Records. They are 2006’s Change In The Weather (nominated for an Independent Music Awards Jam "Album of the Year"), 2008’s Low on Cash, Rich In Love and 2009’s Gulf Coast Highway.

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