Eric Bazilian (from The Hooters) -

[mandocrucian]

(Eric Bazilian was the mandolin/guitar player in The Hooters.)


•Mixed Bag Radio: #80 Eric Bazilian
The Loft - XM 50
Tuesday June 27, 3PM ET
This week Pete's guest is Eric Bazilian so tune in for intimate conversation and a live, in-studio performance.

repeats:
Wednesday June 28, @ 9:00PM ET
Saturday, July 1 @ #6:00AM ET
Sunday, July 2 @ 6:00PM ET #


Mixed Bag Radio w/Pete Fornatale (http://www.xmradio.com/programming/xm_feature.jsp?ch=50&id=441)

This Week on XM (http://www.xmradio.com/programming/programming_main.jsp?pri=1&startDate=06/26/2006&endDate=07/02/2006)

Niles H

[jim simpson]

Niles,
Thanks for the schedule. Any idea what kind of mandos Eric has? I remember seeing the Hooters featuring all sorts of electic hybrids.
Jim

[Mark Liuzzo]

I got serious with the mando after hearing Eric's simple but haunting intro to "St. Teresa" from Joan Osborne's smash album "Relish".

I always had the impression, though, that Bazilian was a casual mandolin player (not unlike Peter Buck's dabbling on REM's "Losing My Religion").

Any recommendations for other tracks that showcase Bazilian's mandolin?

Mark Liuzzo

[mandocrucian]

I always had the impression, though, that Bazilian was a casual mandolin player (not unlike Peter Buck's dabbling on REM's "Losing My Religion").

No, Bazilian knows what he's doing. He played a great mandolin solo (including some slide) on "I Want To Believe" on the Sass Jordan album Racine.

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Sass Jordan did a couple of great hard rocking albums in the early 90's - Racine (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8u68mp939foo) and Rats (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8qd7gjqr86in). The former has a real Stones/Faces feel while Rats is one of the hardest rocking female vocalist albums ever - she sounds like a female Bob Seger fronting Robin Trower's band! After Sammy Hagar left and Van Halen was loking for a replacement she auditioned and those idiots rejected her down cause of 'the boob thing'. (Unfortunately, her later albums were much more mainstream due to the record companies.)

If anyone has some live stuff (audio or video) of her during the Racine/Rats period, let me know.</span>

Niles H

[jefflester]

Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman were on Mountain Stage recently. You can download an MP3 of the whole 2 hour show here. (http://www.wvpubcast.org/av/MS061507Adams.mp3)
They play first. Or see the link lower right at http://www.mountainstage.org



Cowboy Junkies are later in the set, Jeff Bird is playing his 4-string EM-200 with them. He's doing the lead parts#on "Follower 2" that sound like a second electric guitar. Can't hear him as well on the other two songs, but he's doing the sustain parts.

The playlist:
Feed Date Program # Orig Show Date Hr
6/15/1007 07D1700014 5/15/2007

Artist Song
# # #1 Eric Bazilian & Rob Hyman
# # # # #All You Zombies
# # # # #Boys of Summer
# # # # #And We Danced
# # # #Julie Adams
# # # # #Wisteria
# # # #Cowboy Junkies
# # # # #My Little Basquiat
# # # # #Still Lost
# # # # #Follower 2
# # # #Ben Arnold
# # # # #Sugar and Water
# # # # #Sundown
# # #2 Martin Sexton
# # # # #Failure
# # # # #Happy
# # # # #Will It Go Round in Circles
# # # # #How Far I’ve Come
# # # # #The Way I Am
# # # # #Folsom Prison Blues
# # # #Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
# # # # #Halloween Head
# # # # #Goodnite Hollywood Blvd
# # # # #Two
# # # # #How Do You Keep Love Alive?
# # # # #Everybody Knows
# # # # #The Sun Also Sets
# # # #Larry Groce & Company
# # # # #Goin’ Across the Sea