Tom Palminteri- songs, vocals, guitars, piano, harmonica.
Members of Eric's In Oregon; Past Present and Future:
Matt Gomm-Bass, Vocals, guitars
Patrick Gubler- Guitars, Mandolin, Vocals,
Brain Sargent-Drums, Pictures, Names,
Todd Moskowitz- Electric Guitars,
Scott Kuchler- Guitars, vocals,
John Coronna- Drums,
Steve Vallone- Accordian, Melodica, Harmonium, ect.,
plus some others not mentioned here, ok, ask me in person...
Influences
The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, The Who, The Kinks, Bruce Springsteen, Simon and Garfunkel, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, R.E.M., U2, Joni Mitchell, Louie Armstrong, John Lennon, Elton John, Gabriel Faure, Faure's Requiem, Eric Clapton, Joe Jackson, Chopin, Led Zeppelin, Wilco, Keith Richards, Jim Jarmusch, Lou Reed, The 1960's, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, sonny rollins, Ray Davis, madonna, George Harrison, Rossini, Paul McCartney, T-Rex, Puchini, The Late 1970's, Genesis, Yes, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, Pattie Smith, Fleetwood Mac, Abba, csny, The Jayhawks, the doors, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nick Drake, Lindsey Buckingham, Shawn Colvin, Peter Gabrial, Cat Stevens, "Godspell," Chrissie Hynde, Woody Allen, SNL, The Alarm, Scott Joplin, Nick Lowe, ELO, Oscar Wilde, David Bowie, Pete Townshand, The Band, Tom Waits, The Faces, Mick Jagger, The early 1980’s, The Smiths, The English Beat, Stevie Nicks, Harry Nilsson, The Jefferson Airplane, The Cure, Mozart, J.S. Bach, Vince Gauraldi, Mama's and the Papa's, The Beach Boys, Brother Roger, Debussy, Neil Young, The Pretenders, T.S Eliot, Martin Scorsese, radiohead, Travis, coldplay, M. Scott Peck, The Replacments, The Grateful Dead, Handel, Wes Anderson Soundtracks, Shakespeare, the Book of Psalms, the New Testament, Gilbert and Sullivan, E.M. Forester, Scott Joplin, Milos Foreman, Charles Schulz, the Smithereens, e.e. cummings, Federico Fellini, Mother Teresa, Rogers and Hart, Cole Porter, Ricky Lee Jones, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," Lerner and Lowe, Franz Schubert and of course my big ( and no so fat ) Italian/American family…but even still the list goes on and on…
Sounds Like
Check out my influence list...nothing like it, everything like it.
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ERIC'S IN OREGON: Small Circle
Alternative folk rock band in the style of the Byrds/R.E.M. fronted by singer/songwriter Tom Palminteri.
Tom Palminteri is a Singer/Songwriter/ guitarist and composer and Eric's In Oregon is his main project.
I have been writing and performing my music for over 15-years. As lifelong fan of music, film and art in general I started taking music more seriously when I entered SUNY Purchases school for Studio Composition in 1988. At Purchase I started the group Eric's In Oregon in the late 1980s as a showcase for me and my friends songs. Although I consider them all to be terrific musicians eventually Eric's In Oregon became a sometimes a group sometimes a solo act kind of thing featuring mainly my songs and compositions so as of late I am playing out as simply Tom Palminteri. I am still great friends with the former members of Erics In Oregon. Many of there names are listed here.
A lot of my influences have been listed here. I see my work in the tradition of people like Paul Simon and Elvis Costello although as you can see there are many influences here for sure. I feel music is a great art form. It has the power to touch many lives. I try my best at creating good music and meaningful lyrics. Thank you for checking out my page. I will be putting up recordings of new songs and performances on this page from time to time. Stay tuned!!!
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What's up fellow West Islipian? Been out of town for years, but lovin' your music. Just posted a song for my new band "Head On Mercury". Let me know what you think.
yea tom it was great to see you too. I'm just sorry i couldn't have taken more time to catch up but you could see that the bar was getting hammered with unruly drunk people lol. but thank you..i actually just listened to the new stuff on ur profile and i like where your sound is going. if you ever want to record a quick song or anything..let me know cause i just bought a mac with a really great interface, logic pro, drums, drum mics, and a really nice midi keyboard. That and i'm local...so let me know
cool i'll see you around then... um, none of them have ever been put out, so when the c.d. comes out in about a month or two, it will be the first time people will be hearing them (except a few shows we played). the mazzy star cover is relatively new.
hey tom! im so sorry i couldn't stop and talk the other day when i saw you at KK! my boss was on the side of the building waiting for me and i was late with his coffee! anyways, it was good to see you for a split second... next time we'll catch up! hope all is well my friend. see you soon! ~ rob w.k.m.
