Eric London
My parents were musicians, and the music of Bach, Mozart,
Beethoven, and Dvorak resonated through our family home, which there were four pianos in, as both my mother and my sisters gave piano lessons to all the kids in our San Francisco neighborhood. At 3, I was playing violin, and at 8, I was singing Italian operas on the stage of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, a member of the S.F. boys choir. At 12, I went to Finland with my mother and my sister who had just received a music scholarship, to study there. In that year I studied cello there, and played for the President of Finland, at the Helsinki Opera House.Back in San Francisco, at 15, I was chosen to be the principle cellist, first chair, by the 12 cellists in my section, in the S.F. Youth Symphony Orchestra.Then my career as a classical musician stopped, when my sister sent me a reel to reel tape, of a very young Bob Dylan, who was crashing on her couch, in her New York, Greenwich Village apartment. Upon hearing him singing, and playing his guitar, my musical direction suddenly changed.My mother had given me my first guitar when I was ten, and now I embraced my guitar, and pursued this new, to me, direction of music.I majored in English, and Music at Indiana University, but restless, and seeking adventure, I joined the Merchant Marines, writing and singing my songs, wherever I went.Then while living with a rock band in Cambridge Massachusetts, I attended a Rolling Stones concert. My fate was sealed. I was named Rock n’ Roll Eric, by one of the Grateful Dead managers, who also gave me Pig Pens Gibson acoustic guitar to play, since he was primarily playing the Farfisa and Hammond B 3 organs at the time. I recorded with Jerry Garcia, and played with many wonderful musicians, all the time, writing, and singing my songs.
I never released any of my songs until now, these many, many years later .Listen to them, and please let me know what you think of them.
Jerry Garcia
JERRY GARCIA the lead guitar player, and singer for the Grateful Dead, recorded with the Cloud Bros. in 1970. Jerry Garcia and the Cloud Bros. Rare unreleased outakes, featuring Jerry Garcia on Pedal Steel Guitar and recorded at Pacific High Recording Studio in San Francisco, unmixed and unmastered. Eric London vocals, fiddle, and mandolin. Also Released, the song “Strange Way” on the Eric London, Inside A Hippie Commune CD Soundtrack.
Dave Aguilar
DAVE AGUILAR plays a beautiful guitar solo on Eric Londons song, “ World of Thieves”, on Eric Londons’, "American Troubadour” CD.David Aguilars’ guitar playing has graced the music of Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, Bo Diddley, Norton Buffalo, and a long list of other well known musicians.
Jeff Quigley
JEFF QUIGLEY is an American Keyboard, Accordion Player & Vocalist based in Northern California.
He got his start playing in the folk psychedelic rock band Rochembeau in the 90's and currently
he plays in Sonoma County bands Lovin' Dead and Like a Rose.
Jay Wilcox
JAY WILCOX a guitar player for the Lovin' Dead and Like a Rose. Inspired by Blues, Jazz, Northern Indian Classical, Rock and Roll, Bluegrass and the Grateful Dead music. He started as a drummer for the band Rochembeau and switched to guitar 30 years ago.
Steve Keyser, Richie Kirch and Kathi McDonald
STEVE KEYSER - Since 1980 Steve Keyser has worked in the music business as band manager, tour manager, booking agent, concert promoter, stage manager and publicist. Some of these acts include: Big Brother & The Holding Company, Jefferson Starship, Zero, Mike Bloomfield, John Cipollina, New Riders of The Purple Sage, Kingfish, Dinosaurs,It’s A Beautiful Day, Commander Cody, Nick Gravenites, Mickey Hart, Dan Hicks, Country Joe McDonald, Barry “The Fish” Melton, Maria Muldaur, Snooky Flowers, Jerry Miller, Maria Muldaur, Boz Scaggs, The Beau Brummels, Canned Heat, Shana Morrison, just to name a few.
RICHIE KIRCH Plays lead guitar on American Troubadour on “Rockin’ the Blues Away”.Rich Kirch, former Chicago native and part of the Chicago Blues scene from the mid 1970's-80's, was a guitarist with The Jimmy Dawkins Blues Band, and The Jimmy Rogers Blues Band, among others.
In 1988, Rich moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to play in John Lee Hooker's Coast to Coast Blues Band for 13 years until John's death in 2001. He also recorded and performed with Kathi McDonald\m several CDs. As well as many other artists.
KATHI MC DONALD Was an incredible American blues and rock singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with Big Brother and they Holding Company, The Ikettes with Ike and Tina Turner, Leon Russeli, Tom Jones, Long John Baldry, Freddie King, and the Rolling Stones and many, many more. You can hear Kathi’s brilliance on her performance with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stone’s album, Exile on Main St. Kathi sings on, “Gimme Shelter”, She’s the mother of Eric London’s daughter, Erin
Annie Sampson
The love of music pervades every note Annie Sampson sings. The youngest of 12 children, from rural Louisiana, surrounded by a family of teachers & ministers, who sang together, as a way of life. Her special gifts were first recognized at age 5, when she won a church talent show. Annie has a unique approach to song, be it blues, rock n roll, country, or folk. As lead singer, she fronted the band Stoneground, toured extensively nationally, and internationally, and recorded 4 albums for Warner Brothers. She has recorded with Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal, Buddy Miles, Maria Muldaur, Eddy Money, and Country Joe MacDonald, and performed with Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Otis Clay, Sammy Hagar, Commander Cody, Steve Miller, Nick Gravenites, Clarence Clemmons, Elvis Costello, Jerry Garcia, and others. Since the mid 1980s, Annie has been leading her own band, which performs regularly at Bay Area nightclubs, such as Sweetwater, Slims, Lou’s Pier 47, S.F. Symphony’s Black & White Ball, the Domaine Chandon Music Festival, and at the Oakland & Navato Art Festivals. Under The Moon, Annie new CD, on her own Sweet Potatoes label, is backed by Elvin Bishop. Under The Moon, captures Annie’s definite style. Her powerful and beautiful voice uplifts the song “ Inbound Train”, on Eric London’s album, “American Troubadour”.
Dickie Petersen
DICKIE PETERSEN, plays bass on “ Rockin’ These Blues Away”, and on ‘Livin’ in America”, on Eric Londons’ " American Troubadour “ CD. Dickie Peterson was the founding member, bass player, and lead singer in the band Blue Cheer. In the sixties, Blue Cheer was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as, “ The loudest band in the world”
Blue Cheer had a hit record covering “Summertime Blues “ Dickie was a sweet and loving man!
Holly Harman
HOLLY HARMAN started playing harmonica at 15 and continued to play throughout the years. In 1968-69 she played with Mike Henderson and Robert Crumb in the courtyard at San Francisco Art Institute. In 1973 she joined a Folk/Blues Band called Ascension with Lisa Kindred, which was an all girl band. They played through 1975. In the 80s she played on and off with Lisa Kindred at 19 Broadway in Fairfax, Tradewinds in Cotati and other Blues Clubs. She has recorded as a studio musician, and has also played with Luther Tucker, Boz Scaggs, Tommy Castro, Charlie Hickox, The Band Blue in The Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads. Sweetwater, The Art House in Berkeley, Performed for Bread & Roses and other venues.
Calvin Turnbull
CALVIN TURNBULL is a time traveling space pirate born 137 years from now in the cargo hold of an abandoned temporal transport. In the few years visiting our century, Calvin's worked with many highly acclaimed artists including: Sheryl Crow, Leon Russell, The English Beat, Booker T., Neil Diamond, Melisa Etheridge, Five For Fighting, Rusted Root, Angelo More, Kim Richey, Gene Parsons, Bill Bottrell, etc, etc. A bit of a recluse, he currently works out of his private facility, The New Old School Studio, in the out of the way town of Navarro, CA, in Mendocino county. It is there he can be found performing, producing, and engineering records for independent bands and artists.