Eric Sommer, Pop Americana Artist, Bolts Texas For Memphis & Birmingham; Eyes Atlanta For December 19th Showcase At Atlanta Room

Birmingham, Alabama (Top40 Charts/ Marketing Technologies Group) Eric Sommer - Pop Americana Artist - heads out of Texas into a string of shows in the Central Tennessee Music Corridor. After a month in the East Texas Music Scene, Mr. Sommer moves a bit east to bring his brand of acoustic/telecaster blues-based guitar pop to a string of regional venues.

The excursion starts and ends with signature regional showcase venues:

1. Triple Crown - San Marcos, TX - Dec 11
2. Slab Series - Austin, TX - Dec 13
3. Kudzu's - Memphis, TN - Dec 15
4. Matthews - B'ham, AL - Dec 16
5. P&H Cafe - Memphis, TN - Dec. 17
6. Atlanta Room - Atlanta, GA - Dec 19
7. The Nick - B'ham, AL - Dec 20
8. The Midtown - Little Rock, AR - Dec 21

To reach some of these more remarkable soundscapes, Mr. Sommer travels solo on this leg and brings 7-9 guitars onstage along with a collection of small, beat-up amps held together with clothes pins, duct tape and zip ties. The stage is usually topped off with a collection of vintage Lava Lamps, acquired, as Eric Sommer explains it, "...through raucous negotiations in pawnshops, thrift stores and flea markets."

With open tunings, slide guitar, lap-slap tone guitar and a remarkably aggressive fingering style approach, watching Eric Sommer will make you jump out of your seat and holler for joy. And the songs, the words and the lyrical quality belie a deeply sensitive approach to documenting cast-aside events and recording the human experience - honestly or otherwise.

These songs are visual fabric to the American narrative of freedom and creative expression, making message and content work effortlessly with technical skill and musical inventiveness. It's a remarkable combination.

There are very few players who have maintained this authentic American style of guitar and Eric Sommer is one of the very best.

Amen.