"After years as founder and uber-guitar player for Boston power-pop cult band The Atomics and tours with The Dead Kennedys, Gang of 4, Mission of Burma and Nick Lowe bands Bram Tchaikovsky, Wreckless Eric and so, so many others IN the folk and acoustic scene like Chris Smither, Sarah Watkins, John Hammond and Jon Dee Graham, Eric has come full circle.
Full circle back the roots he knows so well. And does with such remarkable skill and clarity. An admirer of David Bromberg, Leon Redbone, Taj Mahal and Joe Pass and schooled by Steve Howe (YES) and Mic Goodrick (Gary Burton Quartet, Pat Metheny), this show will make you a believer, too..."
- Des Burleigh | Sonora News Dispatch
"Eric Sommer... 1 of the most incredible guitar players I've ever witnessed in person. Thank you...!"
- Jimmy Pelletier, Skateboard (April 9, 2012)
"Eric Sommer... one of the coolest acts in rockdom...!"
- cynthia price, Dishtowel Music (September 11, 2011)
"Eric Sommer is the Badass King of Americana... hands down!"
- Mike Utley, MidWest Music Press (July 1, 2011)
"Wanna hear a smokin' hot guitar player?"
- Bill De Young, Savannah Connect (july 2011)
"Eric Sommer, acoustic guitar superhero, joins T Model Ford at The White Water Tavern...
- John Tarpley, Arkansas Times (May 18, 2011)
"eric sommer, one of the most mind-blowing acoustic guitar players in recent memory, comes to little rock, arkansas..."
- john tarpley, arkansas times (Jan 26, 2011)
" Anyone who’s been in need of a fix of spectacular, percussive and virtuosic guitar work can rest easy: Eric Sommer’s coming to town; One of the finest American guitar players on the road today Eric’s truly an American original"
- Jim Reed, Savannah Connect (Jan 03, 2008)
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