Eric Engerbretson

Eric E., or Eric Engerbretson, is a talented singer, guitarist, and songwriter with a driving acoustic sound that touches on many styles, especially folk-rock, blues, and jazz. He has also been known and advertised for the last 20 years as Eric E. Eric has performed full-time since 1985, his music taking him to 49 of the United States and 18 countries around the world.
From 1980 to 1983 Eric wrote songs, played rhythm guitar, and sang lead for a band from Seattle called The Living Stones. In 1983 he toured for one summer playing bass for The Robert Case Band. That tour extended from Seattle to LA to Miami. From 1985 to 1991 Eric traveled Europe and Japan performing in colleges, high schools, clubs, coffeehouses and festivals. From 1991 to the present Eric has traveled the U.S. performing in all sorts of venues, especially churches, colleges, and clubs, interspersing short tours in various parts of Europe, and Honduras, Central America. He has performed on prime-time TV in the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland, and has performed for thousands at European music festivals, such as Flevo, Opstand, Roskilde, Maata Nakavyssa. Eric performed with the vocal jazz group, Soundsation, at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, and the North Sea Jazz Festival. Eric has opened for acts such as Jay Leno, Styx, Little River Band, Air Supply, Dan Seals, Citizen King, Phil Keaggy, Susan Ashton, Bryan Duncan, Bill Mize, Randy Stonehill, Larry Norman, Daryl Mansfield, Larry Howard, Glenn Kaiser, The Kry, Annie Herring and many others. Eric now lives in Idaho with his wife and sons.

• 1985 Because He Lives, Fervor Music, all original songs recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1987 Because He Lives, Fervor Music, re-recording of previous album recorded in Minneapolis, MN
• 1988 A Matter Of Time, Fervor Music, half original songs, half covers, recorded in Minneapolis, MN
• 1991 Taste & See, Fervor Music, all original songs recorded in Spokane, WA
• 1994 Lead Me To Life, Whitestone Music, recorded in Los Angeles, CA Released internationally, it features special guests John Patitucci (Chick Corea Band), and Phil Keaggy. Lead Me To Life received airplay across the U.S., the Netherlands, and Denmark.
• 1995 Back In The Day, Votive Music, all cover tunes, recorded in Spokane, WA
• session work on dozens of albums by other artists, as a producer, singer, guitarist, and engineer.

Eric E. is endorsed by QSC, Stehr Guitars, Electro-Voice, John Pearse Strings, Lee Oscar Harmonicas, and Airwalk. He plays a Breedlove C-1 Maple acoustic with Sunrise, LR Baggs, & Barcus Berry pickups.