Born and raised in Pittsbrgh till the age of 12. Plenty of family in Pittsburgh, 3 brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles...ect. Went to Madison Elementary and Knoxville Jr. High until 7th grade. Played quarterback for Beltzhoover Browns and Lincoln Larimer Panthers.
Favorite Pittsburgh musicians/performers
My brother Kennard Williams, who bought my first guitar and taught me to play when I was a kid living in Pittsburgh. Luther DeJarunett, Mark Strickland, Jimmy Ponder, Dwayne Dolphin, Roger Humphries, Bill and George Heid, Rex Rideout, Tony Campbell, Howie Alexander, Tony DePaulis, George Benson, Larry Smith who now lives in Detroit as I do....
I´d really appreciate it if you could take the time to look at my work and leave your impressions here or in the guestbook on my homepage- http://www.freewebs.com/miartemartagracielabressi- where there are more samples of my digital art works, engravings and sculptures. The web site´s in Spanish but, if you want to read the texts in English, you can access my Livejournal:
http://pallasatheneas.livejournal.com
You can also visit the website we created with the Belgian jazz musician Dirk Schreurs to make our recent video art collaboration known to the world:
Larry Smith recorded Estate' a few years back; I kind of ripped him for it...Oh, if you run into him tell him I said thanks. The authors of Estate' are Bruno Martino and Bruno Brighetti...beautiful tune!
WOW! James Carter and Larry Smith on the same set. I bet that was a real gas. Thanks for posting this. You can edit your photos with captions an time you want.
At 11:44pm on December 24, 2008, Michael Davis said…
Eric , that's an interesting acoustic guitar you have in that picture, is it custom?
We are so happy to have you with us. Do you see Larry Smith in Detroit. If you do, please invite him to join the network. All of his homies wouls love to be back in touch with him. Your music is very nice and thank you for posting photos and videos. Don't forget to add captions and tags to your posts as that is how t attract teaffic. Thank you for joining and Happy Holidays.
Welcome, My Brother! You'll find that The Pittsburgh Jazz Network is a very good place to be. For some reason I thought that you were already on here. I know that you'll be sharing a lot of good music with everyone. Have a great week! Talk to you soon!