Eric Sardinas

{{short description|American blues-rock slide guitarist (born 1970)}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist| | name = Eric Sardinas | image = Eric_sardinas_città_della_pieve_italy_19-07-2008.jpg | caption = Sardinas in 2008 | image_size = 200px | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name =  | alias = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 10, 1970}} | birth_place = Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | instrument = Guitar, vocals, resonator guitar | genre = Blues, blues-rock | years_active = 1999–present | label = | website = {{URL|ericsardinasmusic.com}} }}

'''Eric Sardinas''' (born November 10, 1970) is an American blues-rock slide guitarist born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<ref name="flanative">{{cite news |author= Stegmeir, Mary |date= February 23, 2009 |url= http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/eric-sardinas-satisfies-blues-blowout-crowd-with-sizzling-steel-guitar/article_0aa55378-e7c2-5291-b4e7-5c9846bd1766.html |title= Eric Sardinas satisfies Blues Blowout crowd with sizzling steel guitar solos |work= The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier}}</ref> He is noted for his use of the electric resonator guitar and his live performances. He sometimes sets his guitar alight on stage and during shows.<ref name="fire1">{{cite news |date= March 6, 2008 |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/postcrescent/access/1712948831.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+06%2C+2008&author=&pub=The+Post+-+Crescent&desc=Eric+Sardinas+plays+a+fiery+slide+guitar&pqatl=google |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130201015251/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/postcrescent/access/1712948831.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+06,+2008&author=&pub=The+Post+-+Crescent&desc=Eric+Sardinas+plays+a+fiery+slide+guitar&pqatl=google |url-status= dead |archive-date= February 1, 2013 |title= Eric Sardinas plays a fiery slide guitar |work= The Post-Crescent |quote= He's been known to sacrifice a guitar or two by fire...}}</ref> In 2000 in Sydney, Sardinas suffered third degree burns to his left wrist.

Sardinas began to play the guitar at age six and leaned toward vintage recordings by such Delta bluesmen as Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters. Although he was left-handed, he eventually started to play right-handed.

In 2002, he was featured on the Bo Diddley tribute album ''Hey Bo Diddley - A Tribute!'', performing the song "Ride On Josephine".

He signed to Steve Vai's Favored Nations record label and was the opening act for Vai's The Real Illusions Tour 2005 around the world.

In 2008, Sardinas released ''Eric Sardinas and Big Motor'' on Favored Nations in the U.S. His most recent release was ''Midnight Junction'', which was issued in October 2023.<ref name="Albums"/>

== Discography == Albums (except where stated) * ''Treat Me Right'' (1999) * ''Angel Face'' (2000 EP) * ''Devil's Train'' (2001) * ''Black Pearls'' (2003) * ''Eric Sardinas and Big Motor'' (2008) * ''Sticks & Stones'' (2011) * ''Boomerang'' (2014) * ''Midnight Junction'' (2023)<ref name="Albums">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-sardinas-mn0000185757/discography/all|title=Eric Sardinas Albums and Discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=October 13, 2023}}</ref>

== See also == * Kenny Wayne Shepherd * Johnny Winter

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063154032307 Official Eric Sardinas website] * [http://www.favorednations.com/ Favored Nations Official Site] * [http://www.ericsardinas.co.uk/ Eric Sardinas UK Fan Site]

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