Eric Skye at NAMM
 

Eric Skye Solo At Yoshi's in San Francisco Saturday February 4

Eric Skye at NAMM
 

Going Back To The Grand Canyon Guitar Society This Spring www.canyonguitar.org for another house concert and workshop with finger style guitarist Teja Gerken tejagerken.com We'll each play a solo set and play together. And we'll each do a workshop during the day. Had amazing time last year, so I'm very excited to go back.

New Custom Santa Cruz Dreadnought 
 
Pretty blissed out up in the Pacific Northwest today. DH model features a hybrid bracing that is both tapered and scalloped. Bearclaw sitka top, Indian rosewood, hide glue, adirondack braces...1 3/4 nut with a 2 1/4 spacing at the saddle... It’s incredibly explosive. Just sounds huge, but not boomy. Amazing separation, overtones, and sustain. Could not be happier.

 
 

Fretboard Journal Podcast Interview
 
www.fretboardjournal.com/podcast/podcast-45-eric-skye

Pictures From the Santa Cruz 35th Anniversary Concert at Don Quixote's

 

DVD's will ship in adjust a few more weeks

Solo Show At Yoshi's In San Francisco Sat Feb 4!
 
More details forthcoming

Eric Skye Trio featuring Carlton Jackson and Brian Casey
play the Kenny Burrell tune Chitlins Con Carne 
At Portland Oregon's historic music venue The Old Church 
June 24, 2011
 
http://youtu.be/uQjYDNHvB4g

Super excited and humbled to play at the Santa Cruz Guitar Company’s big 35th anniversary concert at Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Santa Cruz California, Friday September 30th, with the truly amazing Bob Bozman, legendary Ventures guitarist Nokie Edwards, and the sublime, Grammy nominated (and fellow 00 fanatic) cowboy poet Don Edwards! http://www.donquixotesmusic.info/
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KPEqz4Tj4A


http://dcoombsguitar.com/HostedClips/TheLastDayOfSummer.pdf ( The video is in D so disregard the capo)

When you think of how many products are at NAMM (which is incomprehensible) and that they only chose one acoustic guitar, it's pretty stunning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jftlhjrJwVo
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwoT3XxsM1M

In California last week my good friend Richard Newman shot me playing one my tunes on the new guitar and then put together this cool little vid with some of the build pics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KPEqz4Tj4A

 Episode 22 of Gear For Guitar with Eric Skye
http://gearforguitar.com/podcasts/gfgepisode22.mp3
 
Episode 23 with Richard Hoover
http://gearforguitar.com/podcasts/gfgepisode23.mp3

The 00-Skye is now up on the SCGC site. Wowza
http://www.santacruzguitar.com/instruments/smallbodied/skye/skye.html

Hitting newstands this week, the December issue of Acoustic Guitar has an interview and lesson with your's truly.
http://www.acousticguitar.com/article/default.aspx?articleid=26691

First pics on the Santa Cruz Guitar Co Eric Skye model http://www.santacruzguitar.com/scgcblog.php Pinch me.

Richard Newman came to Portland yesterday and shot a few minutes of me playing a Hebie Hancock tune and talking a bit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Fed8UAoJY
 

A Few New Reviews For The Slow Moving Dog CD
 
http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p06424.htm
 
http://www.victorymusic.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=650:eric-skye-acoustic-groove-trio-slow-moving-dog&catid=82:current-month-reviews&Itemid=85
 
http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2010/05/25/slow-moving-dog-is-none-of-the-above/
 
http://www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-21080.html

Santa Cruz Guitar Company To Release Eric Skye Signature Model 
 
Richard Hoover is the preeminent steelstring guitar maker of our time. He’s a living legend in the business. For him to do this with me is frankly one of the highlights of my life, and I’m just incredibly humbled, excited, and grateful. More detail soon.

Just did this interview for the new CD on the podcast Gear For Guitar: http://gearforguitar.com/podcasts/gfgepisode8.mp3

Slow Moving Dog is moving fast. Week one and I'm walking to the post office every day with shopping bags full of CDs. God bless the internet!!
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/EricSkye1

 
Saturday May 30th the duo will be hosted by someone that regularly puts on house concerts for touring acts. It’s a fabulous home atop Mt Tabor in South East Portland, with a wonderful acoustic space that has been very thoughtfully and comfortably set up for intimate concerts.  Doors will open at 6:30. At 7pm I will do a very short solo guitar set followed by the duo. For more information, reservations, and directions, please contact Mark at (503) 644-5490 or mark@mahonia.com
 
 

I’m doing a solo house concert in San Francisco Saturday evening March 7th. It’s being hosted by some very dear friends of mine that are truly wonderful people, in a great old house in the Sunset district. I’m sure it’ll be a great group of folks to meet. I’m driving down this time, so I’ll be bringing a few of the Santa Cruz guitars they made for me over the Summer for people to check out. I’m planning on sticking around all night if anyone want to jam, talk, etc. Shoot me an e-mail fairly soon at eric@ericskye.com to reserve a spot.

 

Sunday March 8th, from 2pm, I'll be doing a house in beautiful Watsonville. It's $15 per person. For more information email  tebr@cruzio.com

Here's the live broadcast we did 10/4 on our local Jazz and NPR station here in Pacific Northwest. You can download it as an mp3 for your ipod or whatever by clicking here: http://snipr.com/4jf4s-cq5qlm Or if you want to just stream it and listen on your computer click here: http://www.ericskye.com/music/KMHD_Duo.m3u

Bay Area Gig July 24th

Just want to give those in the Bay Area a heads up about a very cool gig I´m doing with Portland bassist Brian Casey http://www.myspace.com/ericskyeandbriancaseyduo

It will be in Campbell, California on Thursday, July 24th, in the Harvest Room of the Pruneyard Plaza Hotel. Doors open at 6:45pm and we´ll begin at 7:00pm. I´ll play about a 1/2 hour set solo fingerstyle, and then over an hour with Portland bassist Brian Casey. And then, if people want, we´ll hang out for a little Q&A about playing acoustic jazz, or whatever, after.

The room is relatively small, intimate and very private…no interruptions; no distractions. And it´s right next to a good brewpub so I won´t be too homesick for the Pacific Northwest. It´s $15, young people 16 and younger, accompanied by an adult, are free. You can reserve a space by sending an e-mail to the person putting this all on, Darryl Noda, dhnoda@sbcglobal.net

Made a quickie three tune demo yestermorning of the new duo I´m working on with upright bassist Brian Casey.

You can download them immediately by clicking here: http://snipr.com/2bn0b-pbixw5

Or you can just stream here:
http://www.ericskye.com/music/1-01_All_Blues_Duo.m3u
http://www.ericskye.com/music/1-02_Blue_Bossa_Duo.m3u
http://www.ericskye.com/music/1-03_Summertime_Duo.m3u

There´s going to be a new website up next week that I'll have a link to with duo pictures, tunes, and Summer dates in Portland, Seattle, San Jose, and San Francisco.

Click below to see a scan of page 51 in the July issue of Acoustic Guitar. Yours truly playing my beloved OM/PW. My favorite guitar in my favorite magazine. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/SCGCAd.jpg

New website, photos, and recording coming in the next two weeks for the duo. Stay tuned!!

I´m just incredibly excited these days about the new duo with upright bassist Brian Casey right now http://www.myspace.com/tangle_head . I think it´s just a once in a lifetime match up. Brian is an incredible musician and person and I´m truly humbled and amazed that I get to make music with him right now.

This morning my wife and I went to Santa Cruz Guitars and got an amazing tour by Richard Hoover and Willie Carter. These are far and away some of the nicest people we´ve ever met. It was just incredible. I ended up nervously playing a bunch of tunes there in the office for them with more than a few truly stellar guitars. Click below for pics.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/IMG_3662.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/IMG_3663.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/IMG_3671.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/min7b5/IMG_3654.jpg

Just singed for the sixith year as an endorser with Elixir Strings!
http://www.elixirstrings.com/

Simply not possible to be associated with a better bunch of people. I´m truly truly humbled to be a part of the Santa Cruz family. http://www.santacruzguitar.com/

I'm now on Myspace.
http://myspace.com/ericskye

Going back into Blue Dog Recording to begin work on mythird release. This time around a collection of all original funky bluesy jazz again on acoustic guitar with upright bass, and percussion. Look for a Summer 08' release and tour.