ERIC GALES
Genres: Jazz Related Rock, RnB, Blues • United States

American blues-rock guitarist. Also known as Raw Dawg. Born October 29, 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Brother of Eugene Gales and Manuel Gales. from discogs Eric Gales is a blues firebrand. Over 30 years and 18 albums, his passion for the music and his  boundless desire to keep it vital has never waned, even when his own light dimmed due to his substance struggles. Throughout it all, he continued to reinvigorate the art form with personal revelation in his lyrics and bold stylistic twists in his guitar playing and songwriting. Since 1991, the Memphis-born guitarist has blazed a path reinvigorating the blues with a virtuosity and rock swagger that have him being heralded as the second coming of Jimi Hendrix. He was a child prodigy with bottomless talent and fierce determination, and at just 16 years-old released his debut, The Eric Gales Band, on Elektra Records. He’s earned high praise by guitarists’ guitarist read more...