Eric Gales
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 1, 2017

Here it is again this year, Waterfront Blues Festival. I'm not going to be recording much this year. I'm just to busy with family and retirement. The radio station is still cutting in at weird time to announce all the station call numbers. To me it's an annoyance. I'll try to edit these out if possible.

Cheers to all, twofthrs

GALES was a child prodigy, heralded as the second coming of Jimi Hendrix, when he released his debut album THE ERIC GALES BAND in 1991 as a 16-year-old on Elektra Records. It was the first of 10 albums on a major label through a blistering career. One of those projects led him to work with producer Fabrizio Grossi (Alice Cooper, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, Ice T, Leslie West, Slash, Walter Trout, Steve Lukather), who says, �I�ve been a fan of Eric since I first worked with him 15 years ago on a project with George Clinton & P.Funk. His tone and his playing was wicked. I know very few musicians with such musicality. Eric is simply Miles Davis� and Jimi Hendrix� love child, that�s my story and I�m sticking to it.�

Recent years have seen an array of musicians also singing the praises of Eric Gales. Dave Navarro (Jane�s Addiction � Red Hot Chili Peppers) exclaimed, �How Eric Gales isn�t the hugest name in rock guitar is a total mystery.�

Talking about the recent accolades, GALES humbly adds, �I�m grateful to see the recognition � in the proper way, unlike times where I was engaged in heavy addiction....�

GALES refers to hard time he served at the Shelby County Correction Center in 2009 for possession of drugs and a weapon. �While I was in there the officers and guards were like, �bro you know this isn�t where you�re supposed to be. When you get out of here, go take the world by the horns and ride it all the way out.� It took a couple of years, but I�m here.�

This is where MIDDLE OF THE ROAD finds the rebirth of ERIC GALES. He brings in a host of guests and collaborators, but also those closest to him: Lauryn Hill, Gary Clark Jr, Eugene Gales, LaDonna Gales, Lance Lopez, Raphael Saadiq and CHRISTONE �KINGFISH� INGRAM.

Set List
01 Talk
02 Unknown
03 Change In Me
04 Boogie Man
05 Baby Please Don't Leave Me
06 Insturmental
07 Swamp
08 Voodoo Chile>>unknown