Ep. 171: Eric Baylies

Welcome, Eric Baylies of the Baylies Band, a local music performer who's been associated with Bad Motherfucker, Temple Of Bon Matin, Club Math, Free Jazz Now, Psychedelic Jazz Trio, and Minibeast with Peter Prescott of Mission Of Burma. He's toured with Pere Ubu and performed with Wire, Weird Al Yankovic, Macaulay Culkin's Pizza Underground, Godsmack, Staind, Carnivore, Lizzie Borden, Ralph Nader, Vanessa Carlton, Swans, Blue Oyster Cult, Psychic TV, Andrew WK, Volcano the Bear, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Thurston Moore, Shellac, and many others. Eric went to the  Ashley School in New Bedford, Massachusets, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Harvard. Eric has run with the bulls in Pamplona and worked in the New Bedford Public School system and he's not sure which is more dangerous. He has released four books: the memoir HEROIN'S RAINBOW, the poetry/lyrics collection TALKING LIKE A MAN WITH A PAPER ASSHOLE and two psychedelic surrealist novels DEATH TAKES AN ACID TRIP and COLD AS A WITCH'S CUNT. He has written for the Boston Hassle, Boston Noise, Motif, New Bedford Guide, and Fairhaven Navigator. The Artists Index Indie Podcast Host, Scott Bishop, talks to Eric Baylies about his background, passions, and career. The Artists Index continues using Zoom to accommodate our guests' schedules and to allow them to remain in the comfort of their homes, especially for those who no longer live in the South Coast of Massachusetts. Our home base and studio is at Spectrum Marketing Group in Howland Place in New Bedford The In-Focus Podcasts are up close and personal conversations with the makers, performers, supporters, and cultural impresarios of the remarkable creative community of South Coast Massachusetts including New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Westport, and beyond.