eric loy live at the blue bottle

I was hanging around the Blue Bottle on a Thursday night, when in walks guitarist Eric Loy. He has a really weird guitar so I hung around to hear him play it. He’s as good as his axe is weird. Actually he’s better. He puts on a good show, playing instrumental adaptations of everything from the theme to The Jetsons to Anchors Away to Bach’s Bourree in A Minor. Good stuff.

Eric Loy has a very eclectic technique, often slapping his guitar and picking above the frog.

This instrument, which Eric casually calls the “harp” is part bass guitar, part guitar and part harp. Combined with electronic effects from his amp and effects processor, it has an amazing range of sound.

Eric punctuates a very versatile performance with entertaining banter.

Note: Eric’s website claims to have the “latest live gig photos,” but I do believe that my pictures are, at the time of this publishing, the most recent live gig photos available. Not to nit-pick or anything, I’m just saying…