Currently:::Solo, playing gentle acoustic originals.
Live Collaborations:::Mike Kuhnert, Greg Stainton, Greg Payne, Malcolm Posselswaite (the Gees), Michelle Barendse, Leslie Javan, Andy Dunlop, Nick Docking, Bruce Taylor. (for more details see website : http://www.geocities.com/aerycksmusic
Recording History:::Recorded demo in 1987, with Vaun Tromp at Spaced Out Sounds Demo. Studio, Woodstock, Cape Town. Recorded demo in 1989, with Johan Yo Yo Buys at a private studio in Cape Town. Recorded demo in 1994, with Howard Butcher. Recorded five CD's with Bruce Taylor in Bergvliet, Cape Town : 1996 - 'Highway Sixty One', 2000 - 'Away From This War', 2001 - 'Blues Album Number One', 2003 - 'Mom's Taxi', 2005 - 'Devil's Island'. Recorded one CD in Homestudio, Simonstown, Cape Town : 2004 - 'The Nazarene'. Recorded one CD with Andy Dunlop : 2006 - 'Question of One'. Recorded one CD in West Hollywood, USA with Mike Pachelli and Randy Stonehill : 2007 - 'Peace Dove'. Moved to England in Feb. 2008, currently performing in Norwich area and working on a new CD.
Session Musicians: 'Bubbles' Clarke (lead guitar), Jamie Cloete (harmonica), George Whyte (trumpet), Joel Benjamin (saxaphone), Johnny Blundell (lead guitar), Ronnie Ciago (drums, percussion), Lance Abair (B3 organ, saxaphone).
Influences
Primary Musical Influence:::
My Lord Jesus Christ.
Secondary Musical Influences:::
Van Morrison, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, Big Bill Crudup, Johnny Young, Sleepy John Estes, Michael Kuhnert, Leslie Javan, Bad Company, Steven Stills, CSN, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, JJ Cale, Talking Heads, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Croce, Ralph McTell, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, John Mayall, Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals, Average White Band, Carlos Santana, Bach, Beethoven, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson, Tina Turner, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Daniel Amos, Kerry Livgren, Dan Peek, Resurrection Band, Mustard Seed Faith, Oden Fong, The Way, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Annie Herring, Matthew Ward, Graham Kendrik, Seawind, Maria Maldaur, Koinonia,
"Last Train" by Eric Sawyer (From "Peace Dove" - 2007)
(Recorded in Fullblast Recordings by Mike Pachelli and produced by Randy Stonehill)
Credits:::
Voice: Eric Sawyer
Steel Guitar: Randy Stonehill
Percussion, Drums: Ronnie Ciago
BGV's: Randy Stonehill...
(...musicians of other tracks include, Mike Pachelli on lead guitar, electric bass guitar, harmonica and recorder, midis etc. Lance Abair on B3 organ and saxaphone).
Be a part of my art, and buy 'Peace Dove' at: 'Peace Dove"
I began playing guitar in 1972. It happened one afternoon while I was sitting in the library at the senior boarding house at SACS, Newlands in Cape Town, South Africa. I was watching 'Francis Montocchio' (now a professional guitarist etc..) and 'Tony Weaver' (Journalist, Cape Times etc...) playing 'The Ballad of John Barleycorn' (I think the Traffic version) on acoustic guitars, and fell in love with the chord 'A minor'. After they finished, I got them to teach me how to play it. My education was facilitated by other guitarists, composers and such like through the years. (for a fuller history go to my website at http://www.geocities.com/aerycksmusic )
MERRY CHRISTMAS ERIC! NOT HAPPY WITH THE MAN IN YOUR PIX, BUT I'M PRAYING FOR HIS SOUL. WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS I KNOW YOU DESERVE! GOD BLESS :0) DEE
I have enjoyed listening to "Peace Dove" for the past week---
I'm ready to go down into the River of God although I know I will face and have the Persecution Blues---thats ok because I know that I will one day be in The Garden of Heaven with the Peace Dove with all my other Chimp-formation Junkies---we will be Thirsty no more because of the Freedom that is on the Harvest Train---The Last Train---be careful because Dead Men Can Burn
