Eric Bachmann

Eric Bachmann is an American musician/producer who is currently the lead singer of Crooked Fingers and the Archers of Loaf. He hails from North Carolina and Florida, but currently lives in Athens, Georgia. His first solo effort, Short Careers was recorded as a score to the film Ball of Wax.

Saddle Creek Records released his most recent solo album, To the Races, August 22, 2006. The album, which was written while living out of his van outside Seattle the previous year, features contributions from Miranda Brown (backing vocals) and DeVotchKa violinist Tom Hagerman.

Discography

• Barry Black (1995), Alias Records – Under the pseudonym Barry Black, featuring appearances from Ben Folds. Produced by Caleb Southern.
• Tragic Animal Stories (1997), Alias Records – As Barry Black.
• Short Careers (2002), Merge Records
• To the Races (2006), Saddle Creek Records
• Breaks in the Armor (2011), Merge Records

Album Appearances

• Azure Ray – Hold On Love (2003), Saddle Creek
• Azure Ray – Burn and Shiver (2002), Warm Electronic Recordings
• Azure Ray – Azure Ray (2000), Warm Electronic Recordings
• Micah P. Hinson – Micah P. Hinson and the Opera Circuit (2007), Jade Tree
• Liz Durrett – Outside Our Gates (2008), Warm Electronic Recordings
• Spoon – Gimme Fiction (2005), Merge
• David Dondero – South of the South (2005), Team Love
• Damien Jurado – On My Way to Absence (2005), Secretly Canadian
• Laura Minor – Let Evening Come (2004)

References

External links

• Eric Bachmann's official website
• Crooked Fingers official website
• Saddle Creek Records
• Interview with Eric Bachmann at Crawdaddy!