Episode 151, Picked a song, Guest Eric Heideman

Eric Heideman is a 24-year-old blues musician living in Austin, Texas from Salt Lake City, Utah.  He recorded his breakthrough record with a team of Grammy nominees, Blues Music Award, and International Blues Challenge winners. Producers Victor Wainwright and JW-Jones along with master engineer Dave Gross brought their Award-winning talents to Fat Rabbit Studios in New Jersey. "This is my most exciting release yet, and I am thrilled to have worked with such a critically acclaimed team," says Heideman. "This is the most soulful and high-quality record I've made." Co-producer JW-Jones says "Victor Wainwright and I really brought out the very best of Eric's abilities, and this is a really great album!"  Heideman was personally requested to open shows for ZZ Top at Eccles Theatre and Walter Trout at The State Room. He was a featured performer at the Utah Blues Festival in 2022 & 2023 and has traded riffs alongside some of the top blues artists in the world including Nick Moss, Thornetta Davis, Vanessa Collier, Albert Castiglia, Tony Holiday, Laura Chavez, and Sugaray Rayford. Eric's original song "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" was featured on the channel 'Don's Tunes' on YouTube and has over 100,000 views. Heideman graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Guitar Performance where he studied under and played with Grammy-nominated artist Kris Johnson. Social Links Website: https://www.ericheideman.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/59KrSqCOqVMqNhjSQ838FN?si=_JxdxTsaQ7ueffSx9dI5qg Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/eric-heideman/1384089351 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ericheidemanmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericheidemanmusic/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ericheidemanmusic/ERIC HEIDEMAN☆ Featured Artist at the Utah Blues Fest (2022)☆ @ericheidemanmusic | ericheideman.com➔  New all-original Eric Heideman "Third Degree Gravity" out now!     w/Victor Wainwright & JW-Jones!