My name is Eric and I was born in South Park. Well, my actual location of birth was what is now the McLendons hardware store in Renton, WA. But my folks took me home to their humble abode in what soon become the ghetto of Seattle.I was told that my uncle was Mac Davis and that I inspired his song “In the ghetto.” But now I know that I was not true and that the name of the song was actually “A Vicious Cycle.” But none the less, it was a big day around the house as my parents were already celebrating Beethoven's and Jane Austen’s birthday and the anniversary of the Boston Teaparty. After a couple years in the Projects we went for an upgrade and moved to White Center until I was six. My earliest musical memories were of my mother playing classics on the piano and of my father playing an eclectic mix on the hi-fi. Clare de Lune and Fur Elise were blended with the Kingston Trio, Earl Bostik, Ravi Shankar, Hawaiian Music, The Flower Drum song and Edvard Grieg. I first became interested in the guitar at 8. And since I always figured I could build what I needed, my first guitar was one that I made with fishing wire and a block of wood. Heavily influenced by the popularity of the Beatles and the attention paid to the older boys at church camp, I realized that the guitar was THE ultimate attention seeking device. For my 9th birthday, I received my first guitar. It was a 4 string guitar with a broken neck that my dad had pulled out of the dumpster at Sears Roebuck and glued back together. Next came a six string folk and a $25 electric from Woolworths paid for by the paper route.