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 Eric
might as well have a campfire on stage. The warmth and intimacy of his songs and
performance style embrace every person in the audience. Stephen Seigel (Tucson
Weekly) writes: “…His trademarked earnest-in-a-time-of-irony-songwriting.” His
body of work includes whimsical songs about frogs and baby geese, passionate
songs about love lost and love found, playful adult songs with a groove and sexy
slant and inspirational songs that ask human beings to build a bridge of hands
in cooperation. His performances have made grown men cry and children adore him.
There is a sense of humor both in the guitar work and the sensibility of this
sensual and thoughtful man.
Originally from Highland, Indiana, Eric began playing guitar and singing at
family gatherings at the age of nine. He played in Chicago coffee houses
throughout his teens, and then studied guitar, voice and musical composition at
Chicago Musical
College, where he stumbled upon the theater department. He spent four years as
both songwriter and performer with Chicago’s Free Street Theater, then 17 years
in New York working in musicals, plays,
radio plays, commercials, soap operas, cabaret and nightclubs.
 Eric
has sung in concert halls, theatres, prison, churches, hockey stadiums, mental
institutions,
sidewalks, hospital
beds, on the phone, and most everywhere across the U.S. and Germany.
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CDs available:
Eric Hansen/Lucky
1997, Real Slow 1999,
Hero In The Dark 2001
Nobody Knows music for Kids of all ages, shapes and sizes
2001
A Lover's Lullaby 2004
Where's Eric been? (just to name a
few)
Silver City Women’s Detention
Center, Tumbleweed Festival, 2003 Daft Tour/Germany, “Music to Life” Award
presented by Noel and Elizabeth Stookey, Stone Soup, 1999 Kerrville New
Folk finalist, Phoenix, Tucson and Prescott Folk Festivals. 1998 Back
Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Songwriter and 1999 for Outstanding
Song. Here are some of the venues Eric has played across the U.S. from
California to Maine: Stone Soup, Black Rose Acoustic Music, House
Concerts, Fast Folk Café, Unity Churches, Texas Firelight Theater, The
Bluebird Café, NYC area hospitals for HAI, and The Living Room. He’s
performed in three showcases for ASCAP. Eric can be heard on various
jingles in Tucson. He is a member of the Folk Alliance.
Mission
Statement
My mission is to provide
quality music to audiences of all ages:
Music that is entertaining, beautiful, uplifting and inspiring.
Eric
happily resides in Tucson, Arizona
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