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ERIC HISAW
Folk Rock / Country / Americana

" AIN'T HOW IT WAS "



AUSTIN, Texas
United States

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Last Login:  7/11/2009
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   ERIC HISAW: General Info
Member Since5/31/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.erichisaw.com
Band MembersERIC HISAW-GUITAR, VOCALS CHRISSY FLATT-ACOUSTIC GUITAR LARRY TRACY-PEDAL STEEL, VOX 12 STRING CARL COOLEY-BASS RON FLYNT-KEYBOARDS VICENTE RODRIGUEZ- DRUMS
InfluencesGENE CLARK, JESSE ED DAVIS, WAYLON JENNINGS, EDDIE HINTON, DOUG SAHM, JESSE TAYLOR, JOE ELY , BOB DYLAN, TOM PETTY, SAM SHEPARD, JIM CARROLL, STEVE CROPPER, JOHNNY CASH, KEITH RICHARDS, JOHN FANTE, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, RICHIE VALENS, BUDDY HOLLY, ELVIS COSTELLO, JIM THOMPSON, TOWNES VAN ZANDT, BILLY JOE & EDDY SHAVER, RAY DAVIES, JOHN STEINBECK, TITO LARRIVA, JEFFREY LEE PIERCE, JOE STRUMMER, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, LEFTY FRIZZEL, MERLE HAGGARD, LEVON HELM, LOS LOBOS, ROY HEAD, DAVE ALVIN, JIMMY REED...
Record LabelSaustex Media
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 7 2009 10:00A
KOOP 91.7 Under the X in Texas Austin, Texas
Jul 7 2009 8:00P
Carousel Lounge/Austinella Show Austin, Texas
Jul 8 2009 8:00P
Uncorked Austin, Texas
Jul 14 2009 5:45P
Jo’s Coffee downtown Austin, Texas
Jul 22 2009 9:00P
Riley’s Tavern Hunter, Texas
Jul 23 2009 6:00P
Triple Crown San Marcos, Texas
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
Sengleman Hall Shulenburg, Texas
Aug 20 2009 6:00P
Triple Crown San Marcos, Texas

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   About ERIC HISAW


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Quantcast "Eric Hisaw's songwriting is uncorrupted and bulletproof. He's a check you can cash at the bank of cool." -Ray Wylie Hubbard **********
Eric%20HisawQuantcast .. Eric Hisaw was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico in the early 1970s and left before the ink dried on his high school diploma. In a professional sense he has never looked back, his down at the heels upbringing and desire to experience life outside of the small desert city provided ample impetus to leave. That not withstanding, the town supplies the majority of characters, stories and allegory for the songs from his four releases Thing About Trains (2000), Never Could Walk The Line (2002), Another Great Dream of You (2004) and most recently The Crosses (2006). Eric first landed in Louisiana, then Nashville, and ultimately in Austin where he resides today. Eric always knew that he wanted to be a musician, but found earning a living at his chosen avocation a matter easier said than done. Over the dozen or so years since arriving in Texas Hisaw has slowly assembled the pieces of the livelihood mosaic, and now finds himself an in-demand producer, session musician and sideman in addition to the 150 + solo and Eric Hisaw Band shows hell play this year. In addition to being a top-flight singer/songwriter he slings a mean Telecaster and performs regularly with the likes of Blue Diamond Shine, Ron Flynt , Penny Jo Pullus, Mark Ambrose, and Walter Traggert and has produced recordings by Chrissy Flatt, True Stories and Bonny Holmes. In even a brief conversation one is struck by the extraordinary passion and knowledge Hisaw has for/of music of all genres, be it country, blues, Cajun, folk, conjunto or rock. You get the idea that hes always on the hunt to further incorporate the nuance of these styles into his own work, having successfully done so without sounding kitschy. Austin has provided him with the idyllic location to absorb this wide variety of influences, as well as offering him the opportunity to meet, befriend and play with artists he has long admired. So 2006 finds Hisaw with a great new album The Crosses, widely hailed as his best yet.(And which,incidentally debuted at ..2 in the Freeform American Roots chart and ..25 on the Euro-Americana chart.) Often dogged by Steve Earle comparisons early in his solo career, these observations no longer seem apt. Its exciting to watch an artist continually improve, search for and find his lyrical and sonic voice, and ultimately arrive. Hisaws lyrics are imbued with a Nelson Algren-esque quality that empathizes with the victim, but gives the villain his due. His confident yet melancholy voice is cognizant that the more things change the more they stay the same, while his first-class fretwork elevates both the singer and the song.

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Under The X In Texas





Jul 11 2009 5:14 AM

Ya'll are great and ThanX for being Under the X!!!

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Jenny and the Corn Ponies





Jul 8 2009 10:56 PM

Same to you!  Hope to see you play soon.
Alan Raintree-Kuncel





Jul 4 2009 1:27 AM

Thanks for the add Eric!-alan
Sweet Vanilla Latté





Jun 30 2009 12:42 AM

Looking forward to next Tuesday!

Joy Miller





Jun 25 2009 10:15 PM

Eric,
Thanks for adding me.
Wishing you a great time at your gigs this summer.

Big Cheers,
Joy Miller
In Violet Light





Jun 22 2009 9:05 PM

Heya ERIC, Thanks for the friendship and the great tunes. Best wishes from Holland, IVL.
Ruby Jane





Jun 17 2009 8:51 PM

Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too!
Ruby Jane
SAUSTEX MEDIA





Jun 17 2009 4:17 AM


 

Marthijn de Wit





Jun 15 2009 6:08 PM

Hi Eric,
Just visited your unplugged myspace, sounds wonderful!
I especially love the song Tomorrow. Keep on making this
great music. Someday I will visit Austin, hope to see you there!
best,
Marthijn
Rippy





Jun 11 2009 9:01 PM

Eris, I didnt make it out on Saturday, my family went camping and we did that, but how was the show. I had some freinds over last night and i played your DVD and they all dug it, they want to see ya next time yer in town. Hope
BLACK MAGIC SIX





Jun 8 2009 6:23 PM

Greetings from Hellsinki city!

J-tan & Lew Siffer
Rippy





Jun 8 2009 6:23 PM

see ya Saturday!
Under The X In Texas





Jun 5 2009 9:56 PM

Hey Eric! Yer in my ol' stompin grounds, The Land of Enchantment in the Sangre de Christo Mountains! Say a prayer at El Santuario de Chimayo for us all! ThanX, DJ Tejas Ted
Kimmie!





May 31 2009 4:08 AM

I'm so glad that I was able to make to your performance last night... you often imply that your Las Cruces gigs are not quite the norm; maybe someday I'll get to hear what you consider normal! ;-) LOL
Eddie Hinton





May 26 2009 12:50 PM

So happy you found 'Very Extremely Dangerous'..
Diggin' your 'Out On The Highway'.

pt
Kimmie!





May 21 2009 6:48 AM

Looking forward to seeing you in Las Cruces May 29th!
Thousand Year Reign





May 20 2009 12:19 AM

Hi thanks for being one of our friends.  Hope your having a great day.  Please stop in and listen to our music and let us know what you thingk
Zane Records





May 15 2009 7:21 AM

Thanks..
Teen A Go Go





Apr 30 2009 1:03 AM

Hello new friend...
Sweet Vanilla Latté





Apr 24 2009 12:52 PM

You were awesome!
Trainwreck Ricky Sprague





Apr 20 2009 4:24 PM

Hiya Eric from Bull Shoals Arkansas....sorry we couldn't hook up before I split but .... Didn't work out as I had planned.... Keep on rockin amigo... Hi to Chrissy for me...
Ricky
Intergalactic Trainwreck Troubadour
G B VALENTINE





Apr 19 2009 8:12 PM

It was great to see ya the other nite. I wish we'd had more time to sit and talk'
Read your blog, good review.
The guys it mentioned, Guy Steve and Towns. I love that footage in the movie where they (and Steve Young) are all hanging out at Guy's house.
Sarah wants you to know how awesome she is





Apr 19 2009 2:18 AM

So, I was sitting in a bar last night and a commercial came on about San Antonio, and I swear they showed a clip of you playing!!! You're famous all the way out into MD.
:)
Kathy & Bill





Apr 17 2009 3:19 AM

"The demons don't like fresh air.
They like best if you stay in bed
with cold feet.
" Ingmar Bergman
SAUSTEX MEDIA





Apr 5 2009 1:25 PM

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