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Wednesday, Feb 3rd, 2010
Hey all!
Just returned home from a fab couple of dates with the "Open Wings Broken Strings" tour. Tons of thanks to all of the fans who came to vegas and vail to support us...we had a great time!
Putting together the details for FULL BAND shows/tours this year in support of my album. Europe, USA and beyond, so stay tuned to eddieklive.com for more info!
Attached is a pic of Art Alexakis, Leigh Nash and yours truly from the other night in Vail, CO.
peace!
ed k.
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|  | EKL Fanclub 5000 and climbing!
Wednesday, Jan 27th, 2010
Hey all!
The brand new EKL Fanclub is over 5000 members strong and climbing!!! Wooohoo! We are gonna have some serious fun this year and beyond folks..welcome!
I've been putting the finishing touches on my album; more mixing, song sequence, etc. I can't wait for you all to hear it ;-)
Also, gearing up for a super fun run of Open Wings, Broken Strings shows starting in Las Vegas this weekend. Rumor has it that yours truly, Art and Leigh will be singing a song together at some point...
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|  | Light of Day
Sunday, Jan 17th, 2010
Hi all!
I just returned home from an incredible trip to New Jersey to be part of the "Light of Day" Benefit Concert. It was such a deep and rewarding experience on every level. The night was pure magic. Great cause, incredible music, what more could you ask for? Well, how about some one on one conversation with an idol and an inspiration? The first time I ever read my name in Rolling Stone was in 1992 when Bruce Springsteen mentioned that he was a fan of my singing...I've wanted to me...
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|  | 2010!
Monday, Jan 11th, 2010
Hey all!
2010 is here! woohoo! here we go ;-) I just returned from a totally incredible holiday in the mystical island of Maui. The weather was fantastic and we wrapped it up with a day on a sailboat that included the sighting of at least two dozen humpback whales, babies and all. Went snorkeling and got to swim around with at least 6 gigantic sea turtles! A surreal and awesome experience. Couldn't have imagined a cooler way to start the new year!
I'm excited to be part of the "L...
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|  | EKL Fanclub=YUM!
Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2009
Greetings!
I'm gonna go out on a metaphorical limb with this blog...I'm warning you ahead of time! Santa Claus came early for me this year with a brand new espresso machine, imported from Italy. I have spent the last week grinding, measuring, tamping and dosing my way into amateur barista geekdom. With espresso, it's all about extracting the essence of the coffee beans. Deep down in those dark beauties, behind a labyrinth of technical variables, lies the perfect espresso. It just so h...
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|  | Love this time of year!
Friday, Dec 11th, 2009
Greetings all! My little alert window came up on my iphone and said "blog" and the first thing that came to my mind was how much I love this time of year. The Giving time. For those of you who have been coming to eddieklive.com for awhile, you know that Friday is my self-mandated "blog" day. It's a nice discipline for me in that it keeps me creating, especially when, like today, it's not so clear what I would even want to say! So here's my creativity for today in the form of a poem tha...
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|  | Greetings from Mississippi!
Saturday, Dec 5th, 2009
Hello all and welcome to my house on the web...grab a chair and get cozy ;-)
I'm writing this from the Hard Rock Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi where I will be performing as part of 3 Doors Down's "The Better Life Foundation" charity concert. Hung out into the wee hours of last night with Brad and the guys and got to catch up with Aaron Lewis too (see attached pic). We're all mutual fans of each other's music, so it was a great hang! I'm really looking forward to the show tonight and a po...
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|  | Peace everyone!
Sunday, Nov 29th, 2009
Hello all! Hope all the Americans had a wonderful thanksgiving and that everyone else at least had a piece of pie. lol See the attached picture for the kind of pie-love that was going on in the Kowalczyk house. yum!
Been spending lots of high quality time at the homestead which has been really great. I'll be headed to Biloxi, Mississippi this weekend to perform with 3 Doors Down and Aaron Lewis of Staind for 3DD's "The Better Life Foundation" benefit concert. Sure to be lots of fun ...
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|  | Peace and welcome!
Tuesday, Nov 24th, 2009
Hello Everybody! Welcome to my little spot on the world wide interwebs :) Attached is a picture that pretty much sums up my very non-VH1 "behind the music" vices; pellegrino, espresso (not necessarily in that order) and a new book...oh, and consuming all of those in a vibey east village coffeeshop on a sunny afternoon in NYC.
I continue my recharging and relaxing at home, gearing up for what is sure to be a very busy and exciting 2010 and beyond! Check the tour dates section for just ...
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|  | Incredible week!
Monday, Nov 16th, 2009
Greetings all! I spent the latter part of last week in NYC dialing in some new material/recording for my album. Just when I thought I was pretty much finished with it, inspiration and an unexpected, amazing collaboration came out of the blue and now there are even more awesome tunes for ya. Still slated for spring 2010, stay tuned ;)
Attached is a pic of me sporting the new EK pendant which is now officially in the store! I am so happy with it and I hope that you are too.
More Ope...
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|  | Recharge
Friday, Nov 6th, 2009
shhhhh...ahhh...yes, that's the sound of my batteries recharging and my ears resting lol. I've been in full on "relax" mode for the past week or so and it's been awesome. Actually, I did an all day photo shoot yesterday with Piper Ferguson which was really cool. Check out Piper's work at www.piperferguson.com. She's incredible! Her stuff has such an amazing vibe. It was a pleasure. We drank lots of coffee. She made me look super cool :) thanks piper!
I am told that the necklaces for...
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|  | Greetings!
Saturday, Oct 31st, 2009
Hello everyone and welcome once again to eddieklive.com! It's been a nice and relaxing week after a whirlwind of travel and last minute studio work on my album. Thanks to everyone who came to the opening shows of the "Open Wings Broken Strings" tour. It was such an amazing time and all of the artists are really excited to continue with it. It's safe to say that the vibe and chemistry between leigh, art and myself is super cool and judging by the incredible response to the shows, you all f...
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|  | OWBS!!
Friday, Oct 23rd, 2009
WOW! What an opening night last night for the "Open Wings, Broken Strings" Tour! It was really cool to launch it my hometown of York,Pa. Leigh Nash and Art Alexakis are amazing artists and people and you simply have to catch this show, it's really special. The GREAT news is that we are planning lots more shows beginning early next year and beyond. Stay tuned to eddieklive.com for more info.
I have the EK pendant! I'm actually wearing it in the attached picture. I know, you can't...
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|  | Greetings!
Tuesday, Oct 20th, 2009
hello all! I missed my first mandatory weekly blog last week..oh no lol. I was traveling, or shall I say, I was trying to travel. long story short, it was all united airlines' fault. anyway..enough of that..welcome!
I am in NYC and it's a beautiful thing. Rocco's black and white cookies (see attached pic) make me want to live next door to the place. they are something to be experienced by all lovers of treats. And the pizza here, wow, love it. It's really nice outside, so i will be...
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|  | Working with a legend.
Friday, Oct 9th, 2009
hello everybody and welcome to eddieklive.com! What a week! First off, let me thank everyone who was at the HMH show with the Metropole Orchestra. It was truly the night of a lifetime and we got it all on video and audio...so stay tuned for details on a DVD/Album release.
On the album front, I finished my vocals last night in Los Angeles and we are now mixing. It is sounding so good! CJ, my producer, is working some serious sonic magic on this baby. lol
I am delighted to announc...
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|  | Hello!!!
Saturday, Oct 3rd, 2009
And welcome to eddieklive.com! Big show tonight here in Amsterdam. I've been having a wonderful time in Holland, it's always great to feel the love here. The rehearsal with Metropole orchestra went really well and I'm headed over to the Heineken Music Hall for soundcheck later this afternoon. The show is being filmed and recorded, so stay tuned to eddieklive.com as the plans for the recording unfold..exciting! Tomorrow I head back to Cali to finish vocals and the mixing for my new album....
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|  | Peace!
Friday, Sep 25th, 2009
And welcome once again to eddieklive.com! At home and living with the incredible rough mixes of my new album. All the music is tracked and we are moving the project to Los Angeles for mixing and final vocals in just under two weeks. Yeah!
I just submitted the set list for the show with the Metropole Orchestra next Saturday in Amsterdam, sure to be some surprises in there ;) I'm going to be debuting a brand new track from my new album as well as a few older gems that are sure to be stun...
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|  | WOW!
Friday, Sep 18th, 2009
Hey Everybody! Greetings once again from Austin, Texas and welcome to eddieklive.com...grab a comfy seat:) Totally incredible week in the studio making my album and on so many levels that its hard to find words to describe it. My producer, CJ Eiriksson is doing a fabulous job. Each of the musicians are definitely exceeding the call of duty and bringing the ROCK with spirit and passion to all of my new songs. And of course, my les paul has been busy in guitar world as well. Everytime I p...
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|  | Greetings from Austin, Texas!
Friday, Sep 11th, 2009
It's begun!!! Today was the first day in the studio for my new record and it was one to remember. First of all, thank you Austin...well, for just being you. Unique, fun, live music capital, great food, great people, great coffee....got room for an extra bald headed neighbor of polish descent? lol. OK, back to the recording. The man in the pic connected to the blog is drummer, Ramy Antoun. Ramy is an intensely talented individual and totally blew my mind today. We cut 7 drum tracks in o...
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|  | Peace!!!
Friday, Sep 4th, 2009
Hello All and welcome once again to eddieklive.com, I'm your host on this here blog and I invite you to sit down, relax and make yourself right at home :) It's been a really fun and somewhat exhausting week here at EK World Headquarters (aka my house). Surprise! I've been putting the finishing touches on the writing of my record. lol. It always amazes me how the best stuff seems to come right before I go into the studio, as if it was just waiting for me to set a start date. Maybe I could t...
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|  | Home sweet home!
Saturday, Aug 29th, 2009
Greetings everybody...ahhh..that hissing is the sound of my body-mind decompressing from a whirlwind tour of E-KOUSTIC-nomad-love rock....fun! I am changing gears as we speak and putting myself into recording preparation mode. Headed to austin in less than two weeks to start the record! For those of you who have seen the last three shows, the nice lady on stage with me playing the cajon drum is Jen Lowe. She's an amazing musician and specializes in all manner of unique percussion instrumen...
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|  | Seattle!!!
Friday, Aug 21st, 2009
Hello everybody and greetings from Seattle, Washington! The coffee gods decided to route my tour so that I could re-enter the generally mediocre coffee universe of the USA via the Awesome seat of the sacred bean, Seattle. Australia is the unsung coffee and culinary champ of the world. Really, it has to be experienced to be believed. OH, and the fans are great too. lol I am still buzzing from my whirlwind tour down under. It was so much fun to be with everyone and what an incredible ener...
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|  | Greetings from Melbourne!
Friday, Aug 14th, 2009
Hello All!
sending you lots of love from down under. WOW, this tour has been amazing so far. I'm really looking forward to these next two shows in Melbourne. This is such a fantastic city!
It's hard to put into words the effect these solo acoustic shows are having on me as an artist. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to share my music like this with you all. There is a closeness that settles in after about 30 minutes that is just beyond. It feels a little like the calm before a st...
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|  | I'm down under!!!
Friday, Aug 7th, 2009
Greetings from lovely Brisbane! After a long but really fun flight on Virgin Airlines (highly recommended by the way), I arrived in Sydney and then in Brisbane, a little tired, but ready to bring the acoustic rock- eddie k style- down under. YEAH! The entire Virgin flight crew, even one of the pilots, were huge fans and are coming to some of the shows. I am so excited to be here and can't wait to see you all!
I brought my little traveling studio with me, so I plan to use all of the incr...
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|  | TGIF! lol
Friday, Jul 31st, 2009
hello everybody!
It's been a wild and crazy and awesome week. I realized a few of my dreams and that's always a good thing. I launched my charitable organization, "Everlasting Arms". Its just the beginning, but I have big plans for developing it into a significant channel of giving and support for a range of charities. Concerts, music, special merchandise and auctions are all on the way. Stay tuned and let's all get together and make a difference! sound good? YES! lol.
The top video...
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|  | Coffee and Bluegrass!
Friday, Jul 24th, 2009
Greetings from beautiful Boulder, Colorado! What a fun week this has been and capped off with a collaboration with the Del McCoury band and the release of Eddie's Coffee "Wild Child" Blend. As I always say, we pretty much got ya covered at EDDIEKLIVE.COM LOL. First, let me tell you a little about last night. I performed for a wonderful radio show called "etown" (e-town.org) which will air the week of Sept. 16th. The other artist on the bill was the bluegrass legend, Del McCoury and his ba...
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|  | Hello All!
Friday, Jul 17th, 2009
I'm 38 years young as of yesterday! I was really touched by all of the birthday wishes I received on Twitter as well as the impromptu singing by the front row last night in Ottawa. Thank you! My girls are pretending that my birthday is next week when i get home from the road; I'm having a spongebob party, seriously. I've really grown to love Spongebob. It wasn't love at first sight though; in fact, I refused to let my kids watch it for a year believing that their little minds had much bet...
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|  | Greetings!
Friday, Jul 10th, 2009
Hello everybody! I'm writing this blog from Knoxville, headed to Nashville in a little while for my show there tonight. This has been an amazing past few weeks. The shows in Europe were fantastic! And to my own amazement I got through a mental block I've maintained for a while about writing music on the road, and actually did some...woohoo! I'm going into the studio in September to start recording; I can't wait. Stay tuned as I am planning some more art offerings here at EDDIEKLIVE.COM, al...
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|  | Eating is Believing.
Wednesday, Jul 8th, 2009
This is in response to a question I received on Twitter-JUPITERDROP@EDDIEKLIVE Good Morning, could you explain, how eating from the tree makes you naked in the following - Gen.3:10-12?
The "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" in the Garden of Eden is not an actual tree but a metaphor for the structure of conditional knowledge that emerges moment to moment in our awareness as thinking. This structure is always portrayed in the bible as Satan, the deceiver; the "who" in "Who told you th...
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|  | Fun Times!
Friday, Jul 3rd, 2009
hello everybody, hope this blog finds you all healthy, happy and well-beveraged lol, (you know what i'm talkin' about ;) What a week this has been in Europe for the EK. Incredible, heart-moving, intimate, monumental, and lots more adjectives that don't even begin to capture it. Really such a pleasure being with everyone. These acoustic shows are so inspiring. Something happens when it's just me and that box with strings up on stage, I find a new capacity for connecting with you that is t...
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|  | Greetings from Europe!
Friday, Jun 26th, 2009
Hello all and welcome once again to EDDIEKLIVE.COM! I made it to europe...yes, the EK and his acoustic guitar have landed. I'm really excited to be here and can't wait to do the shows. My first is tonight in Gent, Belgium. Yesterday, i walked around in brussels. Such a beautiful city! OH, and how much does a franchise of an Illy cafe run? Yes, that's right, Illy cafes are a chain here (never seen one stateside) I wanna open one! Right next to my house lol. Actually, maybe i'll just buy ...
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|  | Jimmy Page!
Friday, Jun 19th, 2009
Hello all and welcome to EDDIEKLIVE.COM! It's been an awesome week and capped off like I couldn't have imagined. I was strolling up to a favorite coffee spot of mine on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon. I was on a MAM, that's "a mission for a mocha". So I go in and there are a few older gentlemen standing around checking out the gelato and the menu on the wall. Their backs were turned toward me, so I scooted around them. When I got to the order spot, I turned and saw their...
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|  | Layne Staley Tribute
Saturday, Jun 13th, 2009
Hey all,
I'm excited to announce that I'll be headlining the Layne Staley Tribute concert this year in Seattle, WA. (Click on tour dates page for details.) I count Alice in Chains as a significant influence/inspiration of mine in the early 90's. Layne's voice had a quality that was pure rock soul. You couldn't listen to him sing and not be immediately compelled and drawn into a realm of deep emotion. To me, Alice in Chains will always be the "heaviest" band that I've ever heard or felt. ...
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|  | From the road....
Friday, Jun 12th, 2009
hello everybody! hoping this blog finds you all happy and healthy. yesterday afternoon in vegas I tweeted a quick invite and met up with 6 or 7 wonderful EK twitterites who got a one song soundcheck in scorching vegas heat...but i think they were ok with it. :) Before i left to come out on the road I was writing more music. The feel of it is really intimate and inspirational, kind of like a conversation with a friend. i want to write a group of songs that really work as an album. I still...
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|  | Happy Friday!
Friday, Jun 5th, 2009
Hey everybody! HOLY espresso beans, where did the last week go? I guess time really does fly when you're having fun..and I always have lots of fun ;) especially with the wonderful opportunity you all give me to do what I do as an artist (big round of applause to you!) Last night I had a lot of fun signing and numbering a new offering for the store here at eddieklive.com. For those of you who thought my "beginner's lucky mind" painting was just too cool for school, you're in luck! I had ...
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|  | Welcome!
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Greetings All and welcome to Friday Blog Day at EDDIEKLIVE.COM. Have a seat (you're probably already sitting) and poke around a little. :) It's been a busy and fun week around here so there's some new things to check out. The mini-concert series has been really fun for me to do and judging by the tweets and the views, I'm gathering that ya'll are diggin' it! Lots of you are asking about new material and the good news is that the writing process is bangin' on all cylinders and I should be r...
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|  | body-mind blog
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
I'm doing this blog at the request of Johnny Mukiwa on Twitter. Johnny mentioned in a tweet that he had noticed a major change in my body and that he wanted more info on my exercise and diet regimen. I have to say that the revolution that is visibly noticeable in my physique has happened in tandem with a similar change in my mental and spiritual being. Having discovered a source of Strength in myself through inner awakenings in meditation and prayer, my physical body has become more discip...
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|  | Blessed and swamped!
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Greetings to everyone. Thanks for coming over and hanging out in my new online digs. There's a comfy couch over there in the corner and some 'spresso brewin' in the maker, want some? lol. Also, there's this bald-headed guy who likes to sing and play guitar who gets to makin' quite a racket round here sometimes.
Nah, but seriously, I'm really having a blast with all this and appreciate ya being here. I've hurled myself into the songwriting process big time. My circuits are buzzin' with...
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|  | On the road again....
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Greetings all! Welcome to my mandatory blog friday ;) I'm on the road at the moment, actually in the back of the tour bus right now. Lovin the mobile net..yeahhhh. Two AMAZING shows in texas under the LIVE belt. Last night in Houston was off the proverbial chain. Looking to next week to get back into songwriting mode, espresso's a brewin! Thanks for coming over to my online house, you're real fine company :)
peace!
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|  | Friday Blog Day
Friday, May 8th, 2009
Hey all! Its been a dizzying week writing music, getting all of eddieklive.com rockin and yes, I have entered the Twitterzone! In fact, Twitter is down for maintenance and i don't know what to do with my hands! Help! lol...it really is a tad addictive. I have designated Friday as Blog Day for myself. There could be more of course, but Friday is mandatory. Oh, and Earthquakes and Fires all around (welcome to California, where Mother Nature keeps ya guessin'). Heartfelt prayers to the fire...
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|  | The Store is Open!
Monday, May 4th, 2009
Muchas Gracias to Dave and Missing Ink for their hard work getting the new storefront up and running. Come check out the tunes and the wares! enjoy, ek |
|  | Resistance was futile!
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
I am tweeting! Follow me on Twitter (see link at bottom)
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|  | Greetings
Friday, May 1st, 2009
Hello All,
Hoping this blog finds you healthy and happy. Gearing up for a fun week next week here on EDDIEKLIVE.COM...the new online store is moments away from its grand opening and there are some very cool things going in there....(can't tell you yet, don't wanna ruin the surprise!). I'm writing lots of music these days too. I like the morning for writing. Copious amounts of espresso, some broken strings, "oh man I'm still in my pajamas and its 3pm"...that's when you know the tunes are ...
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|  | Greetings from way up!
Friday, Apr 24th, 2009
Greetings from, hmmm, well the pilot hasn't mentioned it yet but we're way up in the air! Gotta love airplane wifi...how cool is that? I'm headed home from a fantastic bunch of shows, looking forward to many more! Boston was amazing last night, and yes, I did indeed eat the most incredible cannoli to cap off the evening and the tour. Perfect. Again, stay tuned for music and video! eddie |
|  | Eddie's Books
Friday, Apr 24th, 2009
hi everyone...i hope you're enjoying the new site. I wanted to write a little bit about "Eddie's Books". The most amazing experiences of my life have been introduced to me primarily through books. Too many times to count, I have been guided and instructed to higher and higher places, people and circumstances through contact with a book. My favorite place on earth is the Bodhi Tree Bookstore on Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles. So, with the magic and power of the internet and Amazon.com, I wa...
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|  | On the way to Beantown!
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2009
hey all! What a week! and there's still Boston...awesome. The shows have been fantastic and thanks to all you wonderful people for your incredible support and love. Matt (my tour manager, soundman, multimedia producer, driver, and all around homey) and myself are hard at work gathering the recordings and the video from this week. We're on point to upload a ton of it to the site next week...so stay tuned. If you've downloaded the MP3, we have your email addy and we'll let you know when ...
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|  | EDDIEKLIVE is LIVE!
Friday, Apr 17th, 2009
Hey everybody! Welcome to my new site. Let me start off by thanking Dave Snyder and the folks at missingink for breaking what has to be a speed record for building a website. I literally came to Dave less than a week ago and said I wanted to do Eddieklive.com and here we are! I recorded the MP3 download of Forever last night here at home on Garageband. So, that's the flavor of eddieklive.com; I'm going to be doing fun stuff for it all the time and most of it will be generated exclusively...
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