Eric Blowtorch Plays Himself!! (New LP)

"In October 2001, singer/guitarist Eric Blowtorch entered Bobby Peru’s House of Onan on Milwaukee’s south side with a guitar, an amplifier, and an idea: to have the writer perform his own songs as cover versions, with such past classics as Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald’s songbook series in mind.

E. B. and engineer/co-conspirator Shane Olivo worked together to create a full-band album of musical variety, with E. B. playing all instrumental parts and singing all vocals. This did not prove to be a time- or money-saving tactic. The album took 10 years to arrange, record, rearrange, and mix.

The resulting 17-track album is Eric Blowtorch Plays Himself, now available on Simmerdown Productions vinyl LP and as a digital download through most online outlets. Lars Kvam of the Flower Children and Joe Vent of the Yell Leaders are proclaiming it as E. B.’s finest work to date..."