Eric Openshaw Band

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The Eric Openshaw Band's tremendous undertaking is to give the Utah music scene a shot of new life and vivacity. With catchy riffs and hooks, the Eric Openshaw Band, fronted by imaginative vocalist/guitarist Eric Openshaw, plays a blend of alternative rock and pop, with its defining roots in blues and jazz. While the Eric Openshaw Band has been compared to a harder edged John Mayer or Goo Goo Dolls, the band continues to have an evolving sound that shines a new light on alternative rock. Eric Openshaw, having played music since elementary school when he started taking piano lessons, found himself without a band in the summer of 2005 in Salt Lake City. Without a band, Eric had a desperate craving to continue his passion of writing and performing music. He first started playing open mics at coffee houses and restaurants, utilizing just an acoustic guitar and a developing sound that gained him local attention. But, Eric grew tired of coffee shops, saying “There are too many places out there for me to play to be singing my heart out at a coffee shop.” Eric immediately enlisted the help of his friends Thomas Sienko, a skilled drummer and percussionist, and Rob Alvord, a funky bass player, to back him up at concerts. With a backing band, Eric began to be more and more inspired, and has since written a plethora of songs, all with different themes and different textures that define what Eric is trying to convey to his fans. The Eric Openshaw Band has managed to gain an enormous lis

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