Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Jerry Garcia, Lucinda Williams......................
"Squindo certainly has an ability to write an engaging song..."
(Chris Jordan, Home News Tribune)
As a young child in the early seventies, Eric Squindo already had an addiction to songwriting. Since then, he has been honing his craft line by line, verse by verse. Turned on by AM pop radio, Squindo spent his nights huddled over the scratchy half-inch speakers while the words of Jim Steinman, Jackson Browne, and Bernie Taupin soaked into his thirsty subconscious. Determined to be more than a poet, he began strumming an acoustic guitar in high school while working out his dusty-road tenor singing voice. For years following, Squindo continued writing, armed with the ability to put his words to music. All he needed now was a musical direction to focus his rambling. By now, the music he had grown up with seemed processed and soulless, while the complex, over-cerebrated Dylan wannabes of the nineties bored him. Instead, he looked to the simple honesty of legendary wordsmiths such as Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie. Late one New Years Day, a radio show out of New York played a set of Townes Van Zandt, a country/folk songwriter from Texas that had just passed away. From that moment, Townes would become one of Eric’s most essential influences – this classic “Americana” would define the backbone of Squindo’s writing. He immersed himself in the sound of other similar artists such as Steve Earle, John Prine, and Lucinda Williams. Soon after, Eric began hitting the open mic scene and created a name for himself in Central New Jersey. After several years of playing rhythm guitar and supplying background vocals for local New Jersey bands (including Great North Special, a popular Grateful Dead cover band) Squindo self-released 'Roadsick', his debut solo album. Selling a few hundred out of his backpack, it was described as warm and whimsical country/folk and was rated one of the top ten local albums of 2003 by the Asbury Park Press and the Home News & Tribune. Although he remains a songwriter, Eric occasionally strays as a lyricist and ventures into other forms of scribble. He has written several children’s books (illustrated by his brother, Tony Squindo, a notable visual artist in his own right), as well as a novel that deals with the drama of a struggling musician. In 2006, Squindo began work on his follow-up album while continuing to perform on the east coast./
Bands: Great North Special,
Hub City Ramblers,
Along Came Jones,
The Squindo Trio,
Odus Driftwood./
On Record: 'Breakfast at Bill's', Spook Handy, (2001 Akashic Records)
vocals on the song 'Vote'/
'Roadsick' Eric Squindo, (2003)
self-released solo album/ recorded at 'the gasworks'/
‘The Davidson Mill Tapes’ Eric Squindo, (2004)
self-released EP/
‘The Story of Annie Edson’ Eric Squindo (2004)
self-released single/ 'Strangers Rest' Eric Squindo (2007) self -released EP
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Fiddlers Flea Market Needs bands to help promote the 'Help Thy Neighbor' campaign 2009 - support your local "AMERICAN" farmer! July 3rd through 5th!
BANDS - PLEASE - come and help support this by offering your music to share - lunch (hot dogs, hamburgers,chips & drink) in exchange for your services - must have full count by this Sunday so that we can get the shopping done!
As part of a new "Help Thy Neighbor" campaign for 2009 - Beginning July 3rd -Fiddlers Flea Market on route 17B in the town of Bethel offers free vendor spaces in an effort to help promote and suppport our local Sullivan County NY and neighboring Wayne county PA farmers. 10 10x10 spaces on our lot will be made available free of charge for the remainder of the season which ends in October. Vendors must have shelter and set up if so desired. Pop up tents and outdoor tables may be donated and designated strictly for the farmers use. They will be adorned with the words "Support your local farmer". The market is open Sat. - Sun. & Holildays - 9-5 every weekend rain or shine. Naturally, we don't expect the outdoor vendors to be here in the rain - so the farmers market will be weather permitting with no obligation on rainy days. Next year, we will establish an annual membership fee for minimal charge to each vendor of the farmers market. We're thinking along the lines of $200 per vendor for the entire year - would enjoy the feedback and look forward to making this work for you - our local farmers!!
I can't understand, She let go of my hand An' left me here facing the wall. I'd sure like t' know Why she did go, But I can't get close t' her at all. Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime, She said she would never forget. But now mornin's clear, It's like I ain't here, She just acts like we never have met.
I'm leavin' today, I'll be on my way Of this I can't say very much. But if you want me to, I can be just like you An' pretend that we never have touched. An' if anybody asks me, "Is it easy to forget?" I'll say, "It's easily done, You just pick anyone, An' pretend that you never have met!"
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