ED eddiebear ELAM
Ed "Eddiebear" Elam
... originally born and raised in Chicago, Il., a city with a outstanding musical heritage and an impressive roster of breeding fine musicians. He joins this musical fraternity while holding his own displaying unique skills on several instruments excelling on composing and production and acoustic and electric keybrds..
His music has impressed audiences at Cafe 290 in Atlanta, Kiva Dunes and the Alabama Gulf Coast Nautical of Nights in Gulf Shores. Jazz in the Plaza in Daphne, Guys Gumbo in Fairhope, Savannah Black Heritage Festival at the Savannah Civic Center, Melrose Club at Daufuskie Island, S.C., The Daphne Civic Center for the Cotton Club Night. Elam has played in Memphis at the Gibson Guitar Museum, The Sandestin Resort at San Destin, Fl., as well as corporate events, weddings and private parties and Civic Organizations.
Looking...? is Eddiebear's Premiere CD in which he produced, recorded and engineered all of the tracks as well as played all of the instrumentation on each track.of the CD......
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes I do live shows and enjoy it, but I really love being in the studio working with other acts as I am more of a composer and producer.
Yes there are a few that standout in my life.
but the most important one is the day that I and accepted that JESUS came to earth to save all men from sin.
Your musical influences
There are many I can think of to name a few:
Geo Duke
Ramsey Lewis
Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
The late great FRANK ZAPPA
AND MANY,MANY MORE
