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Eric Bolivar
Melodramatic Popular Song / Chinese pop / Happy Hardcore



OFFICIALLY BACK IN NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
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Member Since2/16/2006
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Influences Earth Wind and Fire, Rush, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Frank Zappa, Johnny Guitar Watson Parliament, Miles Davis, Weather Report, The Roots,The Police, The Time Level 42, Yes, Michael Jackson, Funkadelic, Thelonious Monk, Queensryche, Louis Armstrong, Soundgarden, Common, Madhouse, Genesis, Cameo, Prince, Leonard Bernstein, Kate Bush, The Meters, Sly and the Family Stone, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, King Crimson, Aaron Copland, Terence Trent D'arby, James Brown, Stan Kenton, The J.B.'s, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, Bjork, Soul Coughing, The J.B.'s, Fela Kuti, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pink Floyd, B.B. King, Jeff Buckley, Count Basie, Gil Evans, Rufus Thomas, The city of New Orleans, Bela Bartok, Fishbone, early Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Primus, Little Richard, Dave Brubeck, Tony Williams, Los Van Van, Bob Marley, David Bowie, U2, Peter Gabriel, Sir William Walton, Genesis, Missing Persons, Scritti Politti, Marvin Gaye, Tom Waits, Jamiroquai, Living Colour, Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsies, early Yellowjackets
Sounds LikeHere is the video for Harry Shearer's " 935 Lies " on which Eric played drums (unfortunately he's not in the video but oh well )

Here is a clip of Eric performing on " The Late Show with David Letterman " with Damian Kulash of OK GO and BONERAMA .....

Here is a clip of Eric performing the National Anthem at the Sugar Bowl with Bonerama.....

Here is a clip of Eric performing live in Reading, England at the WOMAD Festival with Radio Mundial. This footage was filmed by the BBC

Here's a Part One of Eric with Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

Here's Part Two with Karl Denson's Tiny Universe


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 17 2009 10:00P
Rock and Bowl with BONERAMA New Orleans, Louisiana
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
"Cognac Blues Passions Festival" with Walter Wolfman Washington and Joe Krown Cognac, Poitou-Charentes
Jul 26 2009 8:00P
"Cognac Blues Passions Festival" with Walter Wolfman Washington and Joe Krown Cognac, Poitou-Charentes
Jul 30 2009 7:30P
Ram’s Head Tavern with BONERAMA Annapolis, Maryland
Jul 31 2009 10:00P
Union Tavern with BONERAMA Wilmington, Delaware
Aug 1 2009 2:45P
20th Annual Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Festival @ Town Point Park with BONERAMA Norfolk, Virginia
Aug 2 2009 2:30P
20th Annual Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Festival @ Town Point Park with BONERAMA Norfolk, Louisiana
Aug 14 2009 9:30P
Sildjazz Haugesund International Jazz Festival @ Byscenen with BONERAMA Haugesund, Rogaland
Aug 15 2009 8:00P
Sildjazz Haugesund International Jazz Festival @ Staalehuset, Toenneloftet with BONERAMA Haugesund, Rogaland
Nov 13 2009 4:00P
Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival with BONERAMA Live Oak, Florida

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   About Eric Bolivar
Eric Bolivar is a musician who has shared his deep groove with people all over the world many times over. This musical journey has seen him perform with a wildly diverse list of world reknowned artists. Just a sampling of people Eric has performed with include, Blue Note recording artists Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Gale and Karl Denson as a member of Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. During his tenure with Denson, Eric had the opportunity to perform with several special guests including Karl's old boss Lenny Kravitz as he would join the band onstage in different cities and on multiple occasions.

Eric's New Orleans' connections have seen him work with many of the cities legends including, George Porter and Leo Nocentelli of The Meters, Multi-platinum and Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Anders Osborne of which he currently holds the drum chair, Ivan Neville of the Neville Brothers and Brian Stoltz of the Neville Brothers, Funky Meters and Bob Dylan fame.

Eric is currently busy dividing his time between The Big Easy, The Big Apple and the San Francisco Bay Area. His current projects in New York include Radio Mundial www.radiomundialband.com who are busy promoting their upcoming Palm / Universal worldwide release in August which includes worldwide touring which starts June 17th in Europe. Included in the band's 6th trip to Europe in two years will be several televised performances to take place at several Fifa World Cup events. After the band returns from Europe, they will prepare to go to Asia highlighted by dates at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival in Singapore www.womad.org which will also be televised. This will be Radio Mundial's 3rd WOMAD appearance. The band received rave reviews during their previous two performances in England and Spain in front of thousands of screaming fans. The band is also minutes away from signing on with a huge national tour sponsored by Yahoo amongst other prospective corporate sponsors. The guys are hot off of their collaboration with Santana joining him onstage in Atlantic City and in New York City to perform En Fuego which was written by Radio Mundial and recorded on Santana's current release All That I Am.

Another New Orleans project Eric is involved in is Bonerama. In addition to the bands constant national touring, the 7 piece funk group is also preparing to tour Europe in August opening for jazz star Wynton Marsalis. After a few days off the band will head to South America for a string of dates including a festival date in Sao Paulo, Brazil which will be televised and then come back to the states for a large Fall tour.

And after coming back from South America and Europe for the second time in a month, Eric will barely have time to figure out which time zone he is in before having the great pleasure and honor of touring with the legendary Dirty Dozen Brass Band www.dirtydozenbrass.com filling in for the incredibly nasty Terence Higgins. This tour will take the group through the Rockies and into Canada.

As a clinician and arranger, Eric has worked with many award winning drum corps, high school marching bands, jazz, orchestral and winter percussion programs as well as teaching privately when time has permitted. He hopes to get back to teaching and consulting someday soon when his hectic schedule relaxes a little.

Bolivar is a Vic Firth endorsed artist and has been since 2001.

A BRIEF DISCOGRAPHY:

ERICA BALLINGER " LIFE "

ROSCKSTEADY POSSE " LIVE AT SLO BREW "

HIGH ST. " HIGH ST "

GLOBAL FUNK COUNCIL " KEEP ON PUSHIN' "

TONY BOLIVAR " GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD "

BOMB SQUAD " II "

MELVIN SPARKS " GROOVE ON UP "

RADIO MUNDIAL " MOMENTO ETERNO "

ANDERS OSBORNE " LIVE AT TIPITINAS "

BONERAMA " BRINGING IT HOME "

ANDERS OSBORNE " COMING DOWN " coming out Sep 25th on MC Records

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Jul 13 2009 3:11 PM

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Jul 8 2009 10:55 AM

myspace poke!! you still got time to get to michigan for the big wu family reunion this weekend.. lol! i'll be there getting down. knock em dead in yo home state, ya heard?!
Centascope





Jun 17 2009 3:11 PM

Hi Eric Bolivar

Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.

gratebritt





Jun 13 2009 1:33 PM

yehello! thanks for fun evening. word on the street is all positive :) they dig it! and awesome how it all worked out so we could hang! much love
Andy Irvine Funky Bassist, SOUL CLAP





Jun 12 2009 6:21 PM

What up funky Eric?

Brand new release by Andy Irvine

New album available soon!
THE UPPRESSORS





Jun 9 2009 11:32 AM

You are one bad mutha bro. The inspiration you and A.O. delivered on stage made me(for a moment) like music again. I forgot what that was like.

You should sponsor a "beat week" where your fans can follow you around and hear and see what you do and how you do it.

Thank you for everything.
Brothers and Kings





Jun 3 2009 5:16 AM

Hey Eric June 4th this Friday night were playing right there in Metairie over @ Babylon Sports Bar . If ya'll can come on out and party with us. The following Friday June 12th we'll be back in Baton Rouge @ The Mellow Mushroom with our good friends " The Old Oaks" show starts @ 10:00


Here are a few more show dates we have booked.


Mama Yo





Jun 1 2009 1:53 PM

Hey You!
I have to say I enjoy reading your on the road comments you put up on FB..LOL! Hope all is well.
My count down to High Sierra begins AND looking forward to seeing you again.

Hugs
Mama YO
Noah





May 30 2009 2:11 PM

Whats up ma man!!!! Life has been good, just recoding a lot in the studio and spending time with the family. I cant complain, I feel blessed. Hows life for ya? I hope all is well..
The Word Brown





May 29 2009 2:17 PM

Thanks to Myspace the last 2 songs from the album were added. "All night" is a 15 minute jam.
Maxi Aubert





May 28 2009 4:00 AM

DeepClass Records present:
"Every" by Maxi Aubert

rmxs by Jimmy & Fer Ferrari
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Kate Ceberano and Mark Isham





May 22 2009 7:07 PM

Hey! Thanks for the add! Mark + Kate www.bittersweetthealbum.com
Michael Annotti





May 19 2009 8:14 PM

w'sgood family .. big luv to u always man. i am working with new management out of nashville and they tell me that they wanna book me shows where the saints come marchin' in ... i hope to play music with you again .. blessings
Inga & Anush ARMENIA Eurovision 2009





May 18 2009 10:20 AM

A New Amazing Hit For You


Anusha & Inga - You Will Not Be Alone - Single
Brothers and Kings





May 17 2009 4:15 PM

Thanks for your add bro.

-Brothers and Kings
JFJO (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey)





Apr 27 2009 12:46 PM

JFJO is back in NOLA during Jazz Fest! Tues. April 28th @ The Dragon's Den (1 set starting around 9pm) Tues. April 28th @ Hi Ho Lounge (Skerik's Saucefest late night event) Thurs. April 30th @ The Blue Nile (2 sets upstairs starting around 10pm) Fri. May 1st @ Hi Ho Lounge (JFJO on late night after A Living Soundtrack, Caddywhompus & MyNameIsJohnMichael)
Barry Seelen





Apr 26 2009 2:39 PM

You are too cool, bro. I'm here in New Orleans.
where y'at?
JFJO (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey)





Apr 19 2009 7:17 PM

JFJO returns to NOLA at during Jazz Fest in support of 'Winterwood', the new studio album available as FREE download at www.JFJO.com! Tues. April 28th @ The Dragon's Den - 1 long set @ 9pm Thurs. April 30th @ The Blue Nile - 2 sets beginning 10pm Fri. May 1st @ The HiHo Lounge - late night headlining after MyNameIsJohnMichael, A Living Soundtrack, & Caddywhompus!
Andy Irvine Funky Bassist, SOUL CLAP





Apr 13 2009 5:44 PM

Noah





Apr 11 2009 7:09 PM

Happy Saturday!! from Jackson Hole..
I*m Blessed





Apr 8 2009 5:32 AM

Photobucket HELLO ERIC COOL DADDY ICE ICE BABY
Eddie Christmas





Apr 8 2009 1:31 AM

EB what it is. Man
MuchRespect
Mama Yo





Apr 8 2009 1:28 AM

Mama Yo is doing good. Yosemite is starting to get busy again with lots of visitor's and the water falls are just beautiful right now...Sheez, come to think of it, I haven't even taken any pictures yet..BUT..I have a few pictures of you to send you AND yes there my better ones of you. hahaha! I remember what you told me. :)

Anywhos, I sure hope it's not to long before I see you again. Will you be coming out with Bonerama to the High Sierra Music Festival.. Me and my crew will be there, maybe even Cassie May if she can swing it...Let me know!
gratebritt





Apr 7 2009 10:20 PM

lol, were you talking about my ass?!? lol! kidding. yeah, im thinking the stadium or airport... anyhow, we might just ditch and drive down on our own.
Mama Yo





Apr 7 2009 2:16 PM

Hey You!
Just checking in to see how your doing... Hope all is good with you..

Smiles & Hugs
Mama YO
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