Erik Viel "Off the Beaten Path" Available @ Best Buy, Circuit City, f.y.e., CD Baby, HomeGrown Music Network, iTunes, Amazon and Wal-Mart.com
Erik's musical background is varied and covers twenty-five years of live performance. He has had the good fortune of being instructed by guitar masters Steve Greene, Carlos Manobianco and Rick Balestra. He has performed up and down the east coast playing Americana, Blues, Rock, Jazz and Folk with Frostbit Blue, After Hours, Ron Cooley and Hard Times, Ronnie Leach and Along for the Ride, Ramblin' Soul and Levity.
Special thanks to all the talented musicians and friends who made this music possible:
Vocals - Andrew Black, Rob Alwine, Brian Burke, Nick Gravelding, Jason Bell and Becky Maki.
Bass - Jason Bell
Keyboards - Chris Corso
Percussion - George Sandler, Brad Johnson
Did You Know?
- Chris Corso is a featured member of the Sony artist group, Palomino Duck. Their album, Free Flight, is a regular best seller in the new age market. As a performer, Chris toured the United States, Europe, and Asia as keyboardist-vocalist with the Dave Mason band. Along the years he has also played with many other notable artists such as John Denver, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Temptations, The Coasters, and Phoebe Snow.
- George Sandler has played on hundreds of CD's, mostly in the Gospel genre, including CDs by Church In The Now, Tim Greene (DOVE award winner), The Greenes (DOVE award winner), Seth Condray, Buddy Mullins and many others
- Andrew Black is a mainstay in the Atlanta music scene.He has shared the stage with many great musicians, including Barry Richman, Tom Gross, Sean O’Rourke, The Derek Trucks Band, John McKnight, Yonrico Scott, Jack Hall, and Jimmy Herring. He recently released "14th and Crescent" which has garnered rave reviews.
- Jason Bell has been studying music since the age of 4. In addition to playing bass, Jason is also an accomplished Classical guitarist and vocalist.
- Nick Gravelding formed Frostbit Blue along with Erik and Matty Albano in 1987. He has led the band for the past 20 years and he has shared the stage with many notable acts such as Dickey Betts, ZZ Top, Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band. Nick is also a second generation musician.
- Brad Johnson was a member of the progressive rock band The Plastic Overlords. They received critical acclaim throughout Europe.
- Brian Burke has been performing in Atlanta since 1990. He grew up playing trumpet and drums before focusing on singing.
- Rob Alwine has been performing for 25 years from the Northeast to the Florida Keys. Most of his time was spent with the Western PA. band, Crossroads. He and Erik also form the acoustic duet Ramblin' Soul.