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Here I am in sunny Florida, my third day here and having a great time with my cousins! Tagged along to a dinner party and made some rosemary garlic chicken kreplach (Jewish perogies or raviolis) and an apple tart! SOO good!
Now i am trying to keep my eyes open. The show in Orlando on Wed. rejuvenated my passion in the acoustic guitar and for that, thank you to everyone who came out!! We had a lot of fun, didn’t we?
Hope to repeat the experience this Saturday in Ft. Lauderdale at Bill’s (2209 Wilton Drive)! Show is at 10pm and I can’t wait.

Wish I had something clever to say but I am too tired sooooooo g’night!!:)
~Eric

Here I am sitting in a Starbucks down the street from my house trying to get some work down and listening to one of my favorite artists, Fisher. She had this amazing CD with some great songs on it (True North) Beautiful voice that you don’t hear often. Kind of like Sade WHO has a new CD that I am listening to all day today. Love her.

I haven’t written in a while and I definitely should do this more often (slaps hand). Been busy working on Eric and the Adams gigs and heading to Florida next week to play Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale to get back to my acoustic roots. Looking forward to it. The band is doing well and ready for our trip to Austin next month for our Red Gorilla showcase.

Writing some songs too and also thinking about gigging some solo stuff to the east coast in May. If you have any spots you want me to hit, let me know at erichiman@gmail.com. Here is a little video I did lately for my newsletter folks (sign up on the front page towards the bottom) of me performing one of my favorite songs, “Vienna” by Billy Joel. To my friends in the east, hope your doing ok with all the snow and to everyone else, enjoy the sunshine:)
~Eric

Here I am sitting in my bed with “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” in the background. On the way home from our gigs this weekend (one in Dallas at Sue Ellen’s Friday night and the other Saturday night in Oklahoma City) we found ourselves driving the hour and a half home from OKC back to Tulsa. Mind you, it was around 2am when we pulled out of the Belle Isle Brewery parking lot and we were all delirious from lack of sleep the night before. It was super foggy and the image from Pee-Wee’s hit movie of the “Large Marge” scene came to mind. I quoted it and then we all periodically quoted the movie ending with Jimmy in the back singing quietly and then getting louder, “la, la, la, la…La, La, La, La….LA LA LA LA!!”. We all cracked up and was a great finale to our weekend drive back to the motherstation of Tulsa.

FRIDAY NIGHT, 10pm

Dallas photos by Justin Brett Vander
We got out of Tulsa as fast as possible. We were off to a late start and though it did seem like there were roadblocks everywhere to get out of town (literally), we made it onto the open road as nightfall hit. We were all excited to get out of town for a bit and snacking on the way there. We hit rain as we entered the Dallas area and finally made it to Sue Ellen’s close to the time we were supposed to play. We jumped out of the car fast, loaded into the venue, and soundchecked with just enough time to fix our hair, change into something more appropriate, and find the setlist.

It was a strong crowd and once we got started, the requests poured in. We rocked through our original requests (”Sugar You Ain’t So Sweet”) and some songs we never tried as a band that was fun (”Talking About A Revolution”, Tracy Chapman). We had some friends hang out with us and ended the night packing up the car with a quick WhataBurger meal (fancy, I know,ha). We settled in the Days Inn hotel booked early that day and got about a few hours of sleep. We were all too wired to just sleep so we gabbed for a bit more. I think I offered to take us all to see “Precious” while I was half asleep, or so Angel said,ha.

SATURDAY, 12PM
We woke up, showered, and headed off for lunch at Little Gus’s (I had the best bagel sandwich) in Plano. We got a bit lost on the way out of town (two of our phones have GPS, you’d think that wouldn’t happen) but all the re-routing messed us up a bit, I think. We hit some more rain on the way up to OKC but arrived early to the venue we were playing that night, Belle Isle Brewery. I really liked the place right when we walked in. The deal was sealed when I saw sweet potato fries (my FAVorite!) on the menu. We loaded in our stuff and then the bar was awesome and fed us. I sat at the bar with Angel and Jimmy and played one of those game machines you see at bars. There was this game Cas and I used to play in State College at Chumley’s called Funky Monkey. Anyone ever play that?

OKC photos by Michael Shoopman

The sound guy, Fritz showed up, we soundchecked, and as we were doing that, everyone started filing in! A big thanks to The Oklahoman, OKGazette, and especially, EMILY H. for helping bring the people to the show! We had a great active crowd and was so excited to see some of the people who used to come out to the solo shows at Galileo’s (sad that place closed in Paseo. We played till 1am selling Cds AND shirts (yeah!), packed up our gear and headed home.

A fun trip all in all and can’t wait for our next gig over at Cain’s Ballroom’s 2nd Stage Friday, February 5th at 8pm with special guests, Dante and the Hawks and Motive For Movement here in Tulsa!

~Eric

WHAT an amazing way to bring in the New Year! The band played a show out in the cold on a nice big stage on 37th St. in Tulsa. At first, I was freezing and even had to go get some long underwear and extra socks to keep warm, but once the crowd started coming out when we started, I forgot about the cold altogether. Check out the video! Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us!

I am heading to bed and will be adding some shows tomorrow!:) A few band shows and some touring solo-acoustic in February.

G’night!
~E

Happy New Year everyone!

It’s been a fun year with the new band and the new cd and now I am ready for the great things in store for 2010. Eric and the Adams is performing for our NBC affiliate, KJRH’s and Esquared New Year’s Eve event in Brookside! We are the main act on the main stage on 37th St. at 9:30pm and will ring in the new year with “Auld Lang Syne” (does anybody know the real words to this song? I tend to lose it after the first line).

I am sitting on a Wed. night on the computer at 2:34am about to head to bed. Why do I always remember to blog before I go to bed? Who am I, Doogie Howser, MD?

~Eric

True dat. I am sitting here in my house for the second day. Didn’t realize how many times I leave the house everyday AND how much I need to do so. I guess my Grandma was right..I can’t sit still. I think I have done a few laps around the house for the exercise and am sure I am driving my other half a bit crazy. He is sick, sadly, so the chicken soup has been a flowing over here in the house. We usually spend Christmas time with his family but due to the fact that we are snowed in, we were forced to make our own Christmas, SO, I made pancakes and bacon, and went back to bed.

I have been doing a lot of thinking with all this free time and deciding on my new year’s resolutions. I want 2010 to be a big year both career-wise but also I want it to be a big year in self-discovery. I might try some new things and am excited to see what that entails. This year has been fun with Eric and the Adams and now I am curious to see what else is in store for the future.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and holiday season and wish everyone an amazing ringing-in-the-new-year!

~Eric

Hey all!:)

Here is a video of my band, Eric and the Adams, ’s opening song (”Sugar, You Ain’t So Sweet”) from our sold out cd release party last weekend! So much fun and the small amount of CD’s we have left (get it at www.ericandtheadams.com or iTunes today!) is proof of that.

I have to give a huge shout out to all the folks who have followed my career through solo acoustic work, then a little band backup, then more,..and now this new disc by Eric and the Adams. I understand that it’s more amped up (which I love!) but “Frozen In the Sun”, “Every Move”, “Keeper of the Secret”, and “Sugar, You Ain’t So Sweet” (Jimmy also wrote the music with me for this one:), are all songs that I wrote just like I have in the past with my stuff. When I decided to switch to electric guitar, and the band decided we wanted to take our sound to the next level by putting out this 5 song disc, I knew that there would be some folks that would respond, “I like your solo acoustic music instead”, but I have to say, the response has been more like, “I LOVE this new amped up side of your music style”. SO a big thank you for following me through this new musical adventure and no worries for those who do like the acoustic stuff: I will still be giving out my versions of some of my favorite songs in that style like I have before. Don’t be surprised if my Adams guest appear on one:).

Happy Holidays (and Happy Hanukkah)!
~Eric

SOOOOO excited to tell everyone that my new band, Eric and the Adams, will be releasing our new CD this Tuesday! We have our Cd Release Party this Saturday and if you buy your ticket at Ticketstorm (search Eric and the Adams), you get the CD that night for FREE! RIGHT NOW, you can order the new cd at the band site: www.ericandtheadams.com. It’s $4.99 +tax+shipping! Ok, back to work I go!:) Will be available on iTunes too on Dec. 8th!

OH! My cd, RESONATE was just licensed to TV SHOWS!! Keeping Up With The Kardashians, The City, The Hills, Khloe and Kourtney K. Go To Miami, Tough Love, Real World, and more!!:) !!!!

Eric & the Adams “Every Move” from Kelly Kerr on Vimeo.

Check it out!!! The first ever music video from ERIC AND THE ADAMS!:) This is “Every Move” and it is one of the five songs off of the debut release, out December 8th at our websites, www.ericandtheadams.com and iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, and more!! Hope you enjoy and thanks for watching.

~Eric