Eric Hutchinson 2: Return of the Awesome

I'm on my lunch so I'll keep it brief. Eric Rocks. There you have it.

Here's a COOL PLAYLIST
Here's his WEB SITE

We got to see him in concert a while back and it's probably one of the best shows I've ever seen. It helped that the venue was a nice place (Hawthorne theater in Portland, OR. It's great. Go there). But even if it'd been a dump it would have been awesome. His band was very talented and didn't detract or distract from the music. He was very engaging and knew how to interact with the audience and keep their attention. In short he's an entertainer. But even better than that was the MUSIC. Oh MAN, it was good. I already liked his first album and had heard snippets of upcoming songs that I was excited to hear but all my expectations were completely blown away.

The blue one's mine that he signed and the
yellow one is one of his that he gave me.
Quite the nice "pick-ture."

Unfortunately, I lost the playlist in the cell-phone crash of '12 but I at least remember that he opened with Best Days. My other personal faves are Basement (he closed with this and it was BIG. He was jumping around, he worked in the "Na na na na Na" riff... he was a friggin' live wire), Not There Yet (and worked in Ob-la-di Ob-la-da), People I Know (which he didn't play but it's still awesome. The chorus is particularly fun to blast on max volume) and In the First Place. Needless to say, we bought the whole album then and there. He even stuck around after the show to sign it and gave me one of his guitar picks!! He's a really nice guy. Totally chill. PLEASE!!! Do yourself a musical favor and listen to his stuff. See him live. He's incredible.

Check out the videos (not mine, just found good ones on Youtube) and enjoy. Pass the word on. Comment! Share! See ya! PS- Am I the only one who thinks his bass player is Corbin Bleu in disguise? (See below)