Eric Gerber has been playing music since he was a three-year-old piano prodigy in his hometown of Atlanta, GA. Though he had dreamed of being the proverbial "rock star" as a teenager, the idea of a life in the fast-paced, record company-big-wig-driven music business did not and does not hold any appeal. Upon moving to Boston at age 22, his world opened up. "I met people in Boston making a living playing original acoustic music, which is what I always loved most. And they were doing it on their own terms. I didn't know that existed anywhere." But his time in Boston was short-lived. He fell in love at the Kerrville Folk Festival and moved to Kerrville, TX in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, where he has truly found his bliss among the Live Oaks and the myriad of musicians that call the Hill Country their home.

While Gerber was influenced in his teenage years by such luminaries as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, and the like, in recent years he has discovered the talents of contemporary songwriters such as Greg Brown, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Jack Williams, Jack Hardy, and Lyle Lovett, just to name a few. These in-your-face, honest songwriters are the folks with whom Eric most identifies. He also discovered the guitar genius of folks like Doc Watson and Jack Williams and has developed his own finger picking style somewhere between Doc, Jack, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy, and countless others. He's never really studied their styles, though. In his own words, "I just play what I like and what I want to hear. If I can't play it, I just keep trying until I either get it or discover something new. I don't know, people tell me I play like Doc in this song and Jack in that song . . . I just play like myself."

Though others have described Gerber's sound as "Americana," Gerber himself says that he writes "whatever feels good at the time; call it whatever you like." As he has had so many diverse influences, his styles and topics can vary greatly. Sometimes his songs are "radio-friendly, almost pop-like," such as the title track from his 2000 release, Boston By Friday, while others are straight-up blues or western swing. Gerber says, "people at shows really seem to identify with the blues and the swing stuff. They really get in to it, let loose, and have some fun, which is what making music is all about!"

A multi-instrumentalist, Eric has won praise for his proficiency on guitar, mandolin, bass, and percussion. In addition to his solo shows, he has gained notoriety for his playing with folks like Tom Rush, Mary Gauthier, Kevin So, Carl Cacho, Annie Wenz, and just about anyone in song circles throughout the Hill Country and festivals all over the world.

Eric has played in venues throughout the country including the prestigious Sanders Theater with folk legend Tom Rush, Club Passim, Fox Run House Concerts, Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, The Birchmere, Eddie's Attic, and the Kerrville Folk Festival. He has opened for John Mayer, Billy Joe Shaver, Josh Ritter, Willy Porter, Shake Russel, Dana Cooper, Monte Montgomery, Lucy Kaplansky, Vance Gilbert, Steve Forbert, Greg Greenway, Don Conoscenti, Brooks Williams, Mark Erelli, Diane Ziegler, and Don White.

Eric's debut CD Boston By Friday was recorded at Fox Run Studios in Sudbury, MA with the help of co-producer and engineer Neale Eckstein. Released in February 2000, it includes Eric singing and playing guitar, mandolin, bass, drums, and percussion as well as guest appearances from Lori McKenna on vocals, Dana Cooper on scorching harmonica, Kevin So on piano, Eric Schwartz on piano and bass, John McVey on guitar, dobro wizardry by Andrew Hall, and percussion by Dave Dersham. Selections from this freshman release such as "No Money Blues", "The Sundance Kid", "Boston By Friday", and his mother's true-life love story, "Independence Day" have received steady airplay on the "Americana Station Of The Year"-nominated KFAN 107.9 from the Texas Hill Country, Boston's legendary WUMB 91.9, and folk and Americana stations throughout North and South America and Europe. The only song included on the album that was not written by Eric is Greg Brown's "The Poet Game," which Eric has set to his own music and in which he changed one verse to apply it to his own life experience. It was "Boston By Friday" and "The Sundance Kid" that brought attention to his songwriting by Kerrville Folk Festival producer Rod Kennedy.

On July 20 and 21, 2003, Eric traveled back to Massachusetts with his wife, Cindy, and daughter, Maya, to record his second album, entitled "Smile". The album consists of 18 original songs, all recorded using just one guitar and one vocal track, with the exception of "Texas Summer Rain 2000". That version was recorded in June 2000 upon Eric's very brief return to Boston to gather his things and move to Texas. He also recorded another version of the popular "When Push Comes To Shove", replacing the unpopular religious expletive with the softer "doggone". The album tells the story of Eric's experience as a traveling singer songwriter falling in love, having a baby, and enjoying life to its fullest. Eric is elated to have his music so well appreciated, and is looking forward to a long life doing what he loves best - picking'''' his guitar and making people smile.