Coffeeshop Conversations #30: Damien Erskine - Leaping genres in multiple bounds

July 9, 2015 Welcome back Coffeeshop Conversationalists. We’re back after a week off baking in the Oregon Music News booth at the Waterfront Blues Festival. As usual, we are coming to you from World Cup Coffee and Tea at NW 18th and Glisan in Portland. With me today is composer and bassist Damian Erskine, possibly the most versatile bass player in a city of truly great bass player. He’s a Jazz artist, he plays in a funk band, he plays with rock star Gino Vannelli…I could go on. He has a signature sound that when you hear it, you know it’s got to be Damian and no other.