1 Topic by BluesMan (edited by BluesMan 2012-04-13 20:26:54)

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Topic: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

OK Everyone, please listen to this...

Just got a private message from this very young Monster Player with a great voice known as Eric Steckel. If you know anything about Eric, you know that he is already a huge talent with a future that really seems totally unlimited. Not many young players nowadays blow me away, but Eric is most definitely an exception to that rule and I have yet to see him live! He asked if I would post his dates here because, he knows how popular and fantastic Joe is and what type of great people show up for him. So here are Eric's dates per him...

April 26th -- European Tour Rehearsals - Amsterdam
April 27th -- Woetsjtok Music Club - Brunssum, NL
April 28th -- The Gompelhof - Lommel, BE
April 29th -- Blues Moose Festival - Groesbeek, NL
May 1st -- Q-BUS Musikhaus - Leiden, NL
May 2nd -- BluesMoose Radio Promotional Concert - Groesbeek, NL
August 11th -- Musikfest - Bethlehem, PA
August 12th -- Musikfest - Bethlehem, PA
August 31st -- Stanhope House - Stanhope, NJ
September 1st -- Stanhope House - Stanhope, NJ

October -- November 2012 - Eric returns to Europe and the UK for round 2 of the 2012 Blues Tour.

Here is a cover of Eric doing a ZZ Top classic from almost 2 years ago. Man, he can sure play that Thang! cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afvx5Kif … re=related

Hmmm...August...what am I doing in August? Hey Nic Bongers, want to take a ride out to Pennsylvania again? We had a blast last time! smile

Get out to see this young Man, you too will be blown away!!!

Roy

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

The Bluesmoose Fest on 29 April is in my calendar for months: Eric Steckel, Ben Poole, Hokie Joint, Haze & Horns, Ryan McGarvey and Henrik Freischlader. (Can you see the big fat grin on my face?)
Just marked my calender for May 2 at Groesbeek.

Just in case you're not so familiar with Eric Steckel, something from 2010 when he was on tour in Europe with a Dutch band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJDbff1F … plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcmHWCF … ure=relmfu

And this shows that he cannot only play guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgLJ00Q_v9s

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Tour rehearsals?? I bet we're not allowed to see that, haha...
BluesMooseFest for me also!!! Eric promised to bring along cd's too! Yeah!

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Ah Q-bus is also close!

5 Reply by BansheeUK (edited by BansheeUK 2012-04-16 08:34:49)

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

We had a sole, UK date for Eric - Hartlepool, May 12th. It's listed on the venue's site - is it still going ahead do you know?

Mike

Edit/update:-

From the looks of it, it appears that Eric's gig at Hartlepool has been pulled. Tommy's dropped it from the schedule and Eric's site has the European tour finishing in Amsterdam on May 3rd.

Shame - I was looking forward to seeing this guy. Hope he looks this way next time round and that there are a few more UK venues to make it worthwhile.

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6 Reply by cruckdriver (edited by cruckdriver 2012-04-17 19:31:35)

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

I have seen Eric play a few times. He is everything BluesMan says about him.
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6173 … 010100.jpg

Jim
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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Eric is ready to rock the Bluesmoosefest:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= … mp;theater

Sunday 29, Groesbeek, NL

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

cruckdriver wrote:

I have seen Eric play a few times. He is everything BluesMan says about him.
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6173 … 010100.jpg

Thanks Jim, or should I call you "Snake" based on your picture? wink I will see Eric live soon, I hope! smile

Roy

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Your quite welcome, Roy. Here is another
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/879/ … 010102.jpg
Snake? Looks a bit like a young Stabler, nothing like Prudhomme. Plummer perhaps, I give. Actually it is Kurt Russell. His character "Stuntman Mike" in the movie Deathproof. I like the movie and Mike is a bad man.

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Hi,
I saw Eric several times.Now on this tour 2 times last saturday at the Gompelhof Mol and last sunday at the Bluesmoose festival in The Netherlands.
He have a new band this tour withRick Prince on Bass and Andrew Haley on drums.
He's a hell of a guitarplayer and i like his gigs a lot.Now he returns back to more bluesy sonngs.That's also the name of the tour."Back to the bluestour".
Here a few movies that i made at the Gompelhof last saturday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9uHDnK1ZCI


later i will post a few from the bluesmoose fest

Walter

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Hey Walter! Welcome to the forum! wink

RIP Iron Man

Rock On and keep the Faith

12 Reply by retlawv (edited by retlawv 2012-05-02 07:30:48)

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Thanks George

Amsterhammer wrote:

Hey Walter! Welcome to the forum! wink

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

I was hoping to catch Eric later this month here in the UK, but the gig has been cancelled. Would have given me an awkward choice if it was still going ahead as Virgil & The Accelerators are playing nearby on the same night.

Really hope Eric & his team try again in the UK.

Mike

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Just received a PM from Eric with this video link from his current 2012 Tour. The first 40 seconds or so, are the Guy's relaxing after the gig. After that, you had better pull your belt a little tighter, so your pants and socks don't get blown off! wink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rIZqXMdvQ4

Roy

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Roy! I would meet up with you in PA if you want to go! I was going to hit up the NJ dates but I will be out of town then.

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I saw Eric two times during his European tour last month.And he was a lot better than in 2010 when i saw him for the last time.
Hope to see him back in Europe round oktober,november this year.

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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

Some European dates for Eric in November announced:-

Fri Nov 23    Schwarzer Adler Music Club Rheinberg DE, Germany 
Sat Nov 24    De Weegbrug - "Blues & More"  Roermond, Netherlands
Sun Nov 25    Gompelhof Sunday Blues Festival  Mol BE

More to come? UK perhaps??

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Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
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Re: Eric Steckel's European/American Tour...

I hope that there are a lot more dates for his new European Tour
Walter from Belgium