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16 hours ago

Jerald Charles Berger left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"Hi Eric, Please let me know when your down in this neck of the woods and I will try to attend one of your shows. Have a great weekend, Jerry"

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Eric Tingstad left a comment for Jerald Charles Berger

"Yup ... just up the road from ya Jerald. I saw that too. I get down into Oregon with my acoustic instrumental duo Tingstad and Rumbel from time to time. We will be down in December for holiday shows. If you want me to ping you on that, just send me…"

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Jerald Charles Berger left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"Thanks for welcoming me to this network Eric. I see that you are my neighbor to the north in the beautiful state of Washington. I sincerely hope that we will have some nice "chats" in the future. Regards, Jerry Berger"

Jun 12

Alick MacFarlane left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"As I emailed to Hank, Thanks for the welcome. I am a raw beginner so please be patient with me. Cheers from down under Alick"

Jun 10

Eric Tingstad left a comment for Dennis West

"Hey Dennis, I am sure you will regain the hang of it. Ya know I played in St George 2 or 3 times for the artist series that the college puts on. Wonder if you ever came to see me :) et"

May 28

Dennis West left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"Thanks, Eric, for your friendship. It's been some 60 years since I held a steel in my hand. I suspect I'm going to start learning all over again. I guess I qualify as a self-taught amateur, other than 78RPM records and a radio, I never met…"

May 28

Eric Tingstad left a comment for jon odonnell

"You bet Jon! Hava great weekend ... et"

May 25

jon odonnell left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"thanks for the friend invite eric, "

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Robert L. Nelson left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"Thanks for the friend request, apologize for not getting back sooner"

May 20

Eric Tingstad left a comment for John McLaughlin

"Well, thank you right on back! Very kind of you to say such nice things :) I've actually played in Yreka a couple two three times at the Arts Center up at the school. Hope all is well there with you. Hava great weekend! et"

May 17

John McLaughlin left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"Hi Eric...thanks for the friends invite. You are a very talented fella!"

May 16

Len Imbery left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"Thanks for the welcome Eric.. "

May 10

Jesse Reynolds commented on Eric Tingstad's video

Steel Guitar Cleaning

"That won;t shorting your pickup on your steel from rinsing it with a waterhose?/ send from jessereynolds0212@yahoo.com"

May 9

Jesse Reynolds left a comment for Eric Tingstad

"Hello Eric I;m you except me as a friend on Steel guitar network I enjoy playing steel Its my Favorite instrument Iplay other Instruments too. But Ienjoy playing the steel"

May 9

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Tell us a little about your background: Eric Tingstad is a GRAMMY award winning musician, composer and producer whose music career spans 40 years. He is a product of influences like Led Zeppelin, Flat and Scruggs, Andres Segovia and time spent pounding out rock and roll. Not to mention the family "Hi-fi" with Hawaiian slack key guitar, Ravi Shanker, The Kingston Trio and Martin Denny.

A classically trained guitarist in the Segovian tradition, Tingstad began his recording career in 1981 with the release of "On The Links."

In 1985 “The Gift”, an acoustic Christmas collection, quickly became a holiday classic selling ten thousand copies in the first ten weeks and has gone on to sell over 500,000 copies. It remains a best-selling Christmas album rated fifth on the Top Ten Holiday Classics List compiled for NAV.

In 1990 Billboard dubbed his sound a "sonic landscape" and “In the Garden” raked in national reviews from The New York Times, The Washington Post as well as Billboard in the fall of 1991. Following that, his next two recordings debuted at number one on the Adult Contemporary charts.

In 1998 his double album, American Acoustic was honored as "Acoustic Instrumental Album of the Year" by NAV. It debuted at number one on Adult Contemporary charts and spent 10 weeks on the Billboard radio charts.

A Carnegie Hall appearance in 2000. And in 2003 he received a Grammy Award for Acoustic Garden with Tingstad and Rumbel.
By a vote of his peers, Tingstad was honored in October 2006 with the Coyote Award from Arts Northwest commemorating his leadership, visibility, and contributions to the constant change in the arena of live performance.

In 2007 Eric received another GRAMMY nomination for his recording "Southwest."

In early 2012 Tingstad released his latest project “Badlands.”

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At 4:33pm on June 14, 2013, Jerald Charles Berger said…: Hi Eric,

Please let me know when your down in this neck of the woods and I will try to attend one of your shows.

Have a great weekend,

Jerry

At 4:40pm on June 12, 2013, Jerald Charles Berger said…: Thanks for welcoming me to this network Eric. I see that you are my neighbor to the north in the beautiful state of Washington. I sincerely hope that we will have some nice "chats" in the future.

Regards,

Jerry Berger

At 10:01pm on June 10, 2013, Alick MacFarlane said…: As I emailed to Hank, Thanks for the welcome. I am a raw beginner so please be patient with me.

Cheers from down under

Alick

At 5:05pm on May 28, 2013, Dennis West said…: Thanks, Eric, for your friendship. It's been some 60 years since I held a steel in my hand. I suspect I'm going to start learning all over again. I guess I qualify as a self-taught amateur, other than 78RPM records and a radio, I never met a Steeler or had a peer or a teacher. I'm looking forward to participating as a member. You're my first contact with the organization.

At 2:44am on May 25, 2013, jon odonnell said…: thanks for the friend invite eric,

At 8:32pm on May 20, 2013, Robert L. Nelson said…: Thanks for the friend request, apologize for not getting back sooner

At 5:34pm on May 16, 2013, John McLaughlin said…: Hi Eric...thanks for the friends invite. You are a very talented fella!

At 3:14pm on May 10, 2013, Len Imbery said…: Thanks for the welcome Eric..

At 3:03pm on May 9, 2013, Jesse Reynolds said…: Hello Eric I;m you except me as a friend on Steel guitar network I enjoy playing steel Its my Favorite instrument Iplay other Instruments too. But Ienjoy playing the steel