Eric Gales

Artist:  Eric Gales
Born:  October 29, 1974.  Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Eric Gales is an American Blues Rock Guitarist.  He played guitar at age four and his older brothers Eugene and Manuel took to teaching him to play style if Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, B.B. King and others.  In late 1990, Eric and Eugene formed The Eric Gales Band.  In 2013, he formed Eric Gales Trio, and together with his solo career.

Title:  The Bookends  (2019)

Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock

Label:  Provogue Records

Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Intro  (1:55)

 2.  Something's Gotta Give (feat. B. Slade)  (4:20)

 3.  Whatcha Gon' Do  (3:28)

 4.  It Just Beez That Way   (4:21)

 5.  How Do I Get You  (4:14)

 6.  Southpaw Serenade (fear. Doyle Bramhall II)  (8:31)

 7.  Reaching For A Change  (4:50)

 8.  Somebody Lied  (4:02)

 9.  With A Little Help From My Friends (feat. Beth Hart) (6:03)

10. Resolution  (5:05)

11. Pedal To The Metal (Remix) (feat. B. Slade)  (3:46)

Personnel:

Eric Gales:  All Guitars, Slide Guitar, Xylophone, Lead & Backing Vocals, Bass on Track 2, Drums on Tracks:  2, 8

Mononeon:  Bass

Orlando Thompson:  Bass on Track 6

Aaron Haggerty:  Drums 

Ladonna Gales:  Backing Vocals, Percussion

Dylan Wiggins:  Organ, Rhodes

Vince Jones:  Additional Keyboards on Track 8

Special Guests:

Ken Valdez:  Shout Out on Track 5

Doyle Bramhall II:  Verses & Middle  Solo Guitar on Track 6

Beth Hart:  Lead Vocals on Track 9

B. Slade:  Lead & Backing Vocals on Tracks:  2, 11

The Bookends is a new album by Eric Gales, released on February 8, 2019  by Provogue Records, featuring Beth Hart, B. Slade, Doyle Bramhall II.