BLACK HILLS BASED MUSICIAN ERIC BOYD HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF AS GROOVE HEAVY, EXCITING, AND CREATIVE — CURRENTLY PLAYING FOR NATIONAL TOURING ACTS LIKE GRASSY AMERICANA FAVORITE WOOD BELLY AND THE·TEAM REPRESENTED ALT-COUNTRY/INDIE ARTIST DANNO SIMPSON.

ERIC’S 20 YEARS OF PLAYING EXPERIENCE IS EXPRESSED IN POWERFUL YET EFFORTLESS PHRASING, WITH A SONG-FORWARD APPROACH THAT CATERS TO A VARIETY OF PLAYING STYLES AND SITUATIONS.

ORIGINALLY FROM NORTH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, ERIC GREW UP PLAYING WITH REGIONAL TOURING BANDS FROM PITTSBURGH AND PHILADELPHIA, MOST NOTABLY WITH THE POWER PUNK TRIO THE PEABODYS, INDIE ARTISTS THE STUDY, AND STEVE GOLDBERG & THE ARCH ENEMIES.

IN 2009, AFTER RELOCATING TO LAS VEGAS, NV, ERIC SPENT THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE PLAYING CLUB AND CASINO DATES IN THE VEGAS VALLEY, SHARING THE STAGE WITH NOTABLE PLAYERS FROM THE LV AND LA SCENE INCLUDING THE ASTAIRS, FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE KILLERS, AND LIFEHOUSE’S BEN CAREY.

ERIC FINDS REFUGE IN THE VIBRANT MUSIC SCENE OF BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, PLAYING WITH VETERAN BLUES MEN JIMMY RAY & THE STINGERS, INDIE FOLK/ALT-COUNTRY SONGWRITER ABBEY LEACH, THE SOUTH DAKOTA JAZZ ORCHESTRA, FUNK BAND THE POCKET JUNKIES, AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST JONATHAN JACKY.