Sitting down with Eric “the Blueridge Boy” Freeman and a guitar is like having access to a time machine–one that transports you back to the early 1900s. The man can take you on a comprehensive tour of first-generation blues artists, such as Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Blake, and Mississippi John Hurt. Eric plays authentic acoustic country blues, with all the dexterity and feeling you hear on the old recordings.
Eric’s playing is focused on the acoustic blues, with a specific interest in the Piedmont style that developed in and around his home state of Virginia.
Eric is equally at home picking six- and 12-string guitars, resonator or traditional, in open or standard tunings, with or without a slide. He may use a thumb pick to get some extra snap out of the strings and will even rip off a banjo tune or two when given the chance.
You won’t want miss this workshop and performance