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Eric Drew Feldman (born April 16, 1955) is an American musician. Feldman has worked with Captain Beefheart, Fear, Snakefinger, The Residents, Pere Ubu, Pixies, dEUS, Katell Keineg, Frank Black, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, Reid Paley, Charlotte Hatherley, Custard and PJ Harvey.
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Eric Drew Feldman (born April 16, 1955) is an American composer, keyboardist and bass guitar player. He is known for his work with a diverse list of artists, including Captain Beefheart, Fear, Pere Ubu, Snakefinger, The Residents, Pixies, dEUS, Katell Keineg, Frank Black, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, Reid Paley, Charlotte Hatherley, Custard and PJ Harvey.
Since the retirement of Hardy Fox from The Cryptic Corporation in 2016, Feldman has been the primary producer of The Residents' music (alongside the group themselves). His first album in this role was 2017's The Ghost of Hope.
Eric Drew Feldman was born in Los Angeles, California on April 16th 1955. For much of his early life he studied music, in particular bass guitar and keyboard.
At age 21, he joined Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, a group which had been active since he was 9 years old. The Residents were fans of The Magic Band, and may have first encountered Feldman when the Magic Band played three nights at The Keystone Korner in San Francisco in December 1976. Feldman himself did not hear of The Residents until three years later in 1979, when he was given a copy of the compilation album, Please Do Not Steal It! and became interested in "Ship's A Going Down" and "The Spot".
In 1981, he moved to San Francisco and decided to visit 444 Grove Street, which had been listed as The Residents' address on many of their albums. Once there he was greeted by the group, who were aware of his work. Wanting to find a new collaborator for their friend and collaborator Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman, The Residents introduced the two, with Feldman joining Snakefinger's live band shortly thereafter. The following year, Feldman would act as performer, producer, and co-writer on Snakefinger's Manual Of Errors album.
Eventually Feldman was grandfathered into The Vestal Virgins, a live band fronted by Snakefinger which performed many of the songs co-written by The Residents and Snakefinger live. He toured with the group until Snakefinger's death in 1987, and co-produced their only studio album, Night Of Desirable Objects.
In the years following Snakefinger's death, Feldman joined Pere Ubu, and later worked extensively with Black Francis of the Pixies.
Around 2002, The Residents' then-current keyboard player was beginning to feel dissatisfied with touring and invited Feldman to replace him on the Demons Dance Alone tour. Shortly after this, Feldman worked with them on their Internet MP3 download series The 12 Days of Brumalia. For their next tour, The Residents' regular keyboardist returned, with the group deciding it would save cost.
•Snakefinger - Manual Of Errors (1982, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Co-Producer, Co-Writer on 'Beatnik Party')
•Snakefinger - Against The Grain (1983, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Co-Producer, Co-Writer on 'Beatnik Party')
•Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins - Live In Chicago (1986, Player, Co-Writer on 'Beatnik Party')
•Various - Potatoes (1987, Co-Producer on 'The Ballad Of Sawney Bean / Sawney's Death Dance')
•Snakefinger - Philip Charles Lithman AKA Snakefinger 1949 - 1987 (1992 Keyboards, Synthetics, Backing Vocals, Bass on 'It Hurts Me, Too', Co-Writer on 'Hidden Treasure')
•The Stinky Puffs - Toot: Sweet! (1999, Producer)
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Oct 15, 2012 · For someone with so many famous heads stuck on poles outside his jungle hut, you’d expect he’d put a little more “brag” into it. But the soft-spoken Eric Drew Feldman lets his keyboard playing do the talking for him. When you’ve recorded and played live with a twisted array of musical talent that includes Captain Beefheart, the ...
Fox, who is now publicly acknowledged to have been the primary musical force behind the Residents up until his death, was (at least in some respects) replaced by esteemed ex-Captain Beefheart, ex-Pere Ubu, Snakefinger alum Eric Drew Feldman, who – word is from Cryptic spokesperson Bubba Hodges – is now “the Residents’ producer and ...
The musical polymath and studio wizard tells Bearded about his latest project kNIFE & fORK, and a career that’s seen him collaborate with Captain Beefheart, PJ Harvey and Frank Black. Back in the 1970s, Eric Drew Feldman was studying at UCLA with electronic music pioneer Dr Philip Springer, when the legendary Captain Beefheart asked him ...
Featuring familiar Residents collaborators Eric Drew Feldman, Nolan Cook and Carla Fabrizio, alongside remarkable new guests, Intruders is a collection of atmospheric, paranoia-tinged yet oddly accessible tracks, each forever glancing over its own shoulder and wondering just who is out there...
Sep 27, 2012 · He then moved to the US and became an integral part of the sound on the Residents early albums. His own unique vision was captured on a number of albums before his sudden death from a heart attack in 1987. Eric Drew Feldman appeared on some of his later albums and also toured with his live band.
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