Scott Erickson
My name is Scott Erickson, and I'm an Acoustic Guitar based solo acoustic act from Central Pennsylvania. I also play a little bit of Keyboards in my shows, and I do believe in the use of Technology (MIDI & stuff like that) to enhance a performance! My shows are very audience interactive. I'm not just a guy that shows up, plays, gets paid, & goes home. I love my audiences, and I always try to make them as much a part of the show as I am!Band/artist history
Scott Erickson, a musician based out of the Bloomsburg Pennsylvania area, has been performing professionally since the age of 21. Over the past 13 years, Scott has built up a reputation as one of the Lehigh Valley and Bloomsburg areas premiere Solo-Acoustic acts. He has also, during this time, been a member of several bands, each one covering very different styles of music: The Rumble Cats (Rock-a-billy), Circle Sky (British Invasion & 1960s psychedelia) which played in Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago, from the summer of 1994 until the winter of 1996. In the fall of 1998, the band reunited under the name The Impossibles and opened for Gary Lewis & The Playboys and Freddy Boom Boom Cannon. He was the bassist and occasional lead vocalist for one of the Lehigh Valleys favorite bands, The Aardvarks(Classic pop & rock), from their earliest incarnations in late 2002, until January of 2004. He was recently featured on lead, rhythm, acoustic, electric & bass guitars in perennial favorite Redz Vision(a little bit of everything), and as a member of one of the Lehigh Valley areas favorite up & coming bands; The Infamous Hogleg Boys (Heavier Classic & Modern Rock) and as the bassist in the Bloomsburg, PA based trio SMoJudd(Acoustic Rock & Jazz).
As a solo artist, he has opened for ''The Bacon Brothers (actor Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael)'' and classic rock icons, ''Blue Oyster Cult''. He has also performed with Robbie McIntosh (The Pretenders), and Hamish Stuart (Average White Band, Ringo Starrs All Star Band), both of whom were part of Paul McCartneys touring band from 1989 - 1993, and most recently jammed with legendary rock & roll band, The Smithereens.
Scott is an experienced and energetic showman who knows how to keep an audience entertained by giving them what they want by letting them request the music they want to hear. Scott performs his shows mainly with just his voice and his acoustic guitars, but is considering the idea of adding some digitally pre-programmed music to his shows. Says Scott, Ever since I started performing, I was anti-MIDI and pre-programmed music. I felt that it wasnt honest, but now that Ive been involved with projects that incorporated it into the show, I feel that by using it, I can become even more versatile & find new & more interesting ways to entertain my audiences. After all, they are why I keep doing this.
After the better part of 15 years of performing, Scott still really enjoys what he does. Now, hes ready to really take his show on the road and play for as many new audiences as possible. He freely & proudly admits, Without my audience, I am nothing at all. I am eternally in their debt.
Forget what you have heard or think you know about solo acoustic performers. See Scott for yourself, and see why he says:
A splendid time is guaranteed for all!Have you performed in front of an audience?I play live, mostly in Pennsylvania, but I do travel everywhere (and when I say everywhere, I MEAN EVERYWHERE)
Your musical influences
The Beatles
The Smithereens
Billy Joel
The Who
Garth Brooks
Elton John
Elvis Presley
The Eagles
Elvis Costello
Jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg
The Police
Michael Nesmith
Greg Howe
Del Amitri
The Monkees
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Phil Keaggy
The Rolling Stones
Keith Urban
Jimi Hendrix
Badfinger
Jerry Lee Lewis
Eric Clapton
Chicago
Neil Innes
The Bangles
Tenacious D
Laurence Juber
Lisa Loeb
Marvin Gaye
Wings
The Rutles
Todd Rundgren
Preston Reed
Fats Domino
Neil Diamond
Little Richard
Stone Temple Pilots
Rooney
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Barenaked Ladies
...and just about anything & EVERYTHING I've ever heardWhat equipment do you use?
Fender, Godin, & Ibanez Guitars (and basses), Yamaha Keyboards, Alesis & Soundtech Mixers, ATA, Peavey, & ASR Power Amps, Line 6 Electric Guitar Amplification, Digitech, Boss, DOD, Ibanez, Crate, & Audio Centron F/X pedals & processors, D'addario & Elixir Strongs, and custom guitar picks by Legend PicksAnything else?
Like I said before, I travel, and I'm always looking for new venues (and hopefully fans!)
Here is what one of my musical heroes has said about me:
"Scott Erickson has performed onstage with me on many occasions and it is always a great thrill for me to sing 2-part harmony with him, whether its one of my own Smithereens compositions, one of his own modern pop classics, or a song by our favorite group, The Beatles. Whether performing one of his own fine musical compositions or a tune by one of his favorite songwriters, Scott Erickson is an enormously talented walking encyclopedia of pop music, with a reputation for excellence that cant be glossed over" -- Pat DiNizio, (Lead Singer/Songwriter for The Smithereens)Admin
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