People may say they live for music, but with Eric Blakely, the adage rings true. “Those 45 minutes or more when I’m on stage playing for people is what it’s all about for me, and why I do this,” says the Austin, TX-based singer, songwriter and guitarist.
An independent musical artist, Blakely has forged what many musicians would consider to be a dream career. Over the course of what is now five albums, he has enjoyed critical acclaim. His video for “Uncle John’s Farm” has been in rotation on CMT, his music has taken him around the world, including Texas, California, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, and Paris, France, and he has toured with such other songwriters as Steve Wynn, Mary McBride and fellow Texan, Susan Gibson. He has also enjoyed the buzz of playing Rolling Stones songs onstage in Las Vegas with Stones saxophone man Bobby Keys.