Eric Moon

American keyboard player and sound engineer. Eric has played piano professionally since high school. He studied for two years at the Eastman school of music in Rochester, where he worked steadily as a jazz musician, including performances with former Coltrane bassist Steve Davis. Returning to Colorado, he worked for the vocal group Rare Silk, including the recording of the album "Black and Blue", co-wrote the song "Bob Goes to the Store" with bassist Kim Stone, which was released as a single and video by the band SpyroGyra. He was pianist with Charlie Pride and Bob Hope at concerts at Hope's golf tournament in Vail. During and after his stint in Thinking Plague in the late 80s, Moon performed with, and put together showcases for singer/songwriter Jill Sobule. These led to her getting a publishing deal out of Nashville and a subsequent recording deal on MCA. While in Nashville, Eric played and recorded with top studio musicians, including Vince Gill, Flecktone bassist Victor Wooten, and session legends Eddy Bayers and Michael Rhodes. He subsequently played keyboards and arranged the string section for Sobule's first album, produced by Todd Rundgren. Sobule hired Moon to produce her second album with longtime Prince engineer Susan Rodgers in Los Angeles. Later in Los Angeles, Moon produced and co-wrote a number one hit for Malaysian singer Ella, composed music for cable TV and national television ads, toured Europe as keyboardist for German punk icon Nina Hagen, ran the computers on a series of shows for Icelandic superstar Bjork, designed sounds for Alesis Synthesizers, and much else. Upon returning to Colorado, he did a stint playing piano and accordion with Banjoist Tony Furtado before moving to Wyoming, where he engineered live albums for guitarist Jalan Crossland and Little Luke and The Loose Cannon Band, and played drums in the band Bru Swillaz. Eric spent some time in Austin, where he played with members of George Strait's Ace in the Hole band and The Hal Ketchum band, and recorded piano, accordion and Hammond organ tracks for the solo release by Asleep at the Wheel vocalist and violinist Hayden Vitera. He has recorded for Colorado artists Kreg Viesselman, Danny Shaeffer, Rhian Watson and Buckskin Stallion, put together a band for acclaimed Nashville singer/songwriter Jeff Finlin, and was busy with recording work, playing with Tony Black Summit several nights a week at the legendary jazz club Chapultapec in Denver, and performing with a variety of songwriters and bands around the Denver-Boulder region.