Born in Mission Viejo, California, Erik had already seen the country before the age of five; living for short periods of time in Kansas City, Kansas, Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan. Growing up, he became immersed in Motown, Soul and 60s rock, and soon after picking up his first guitar, what had began as a suggested hobby soon became an artistic obsession.
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Sixteen years of callus shield his fingertips now, and after years of blistered hands, broken strings and bat...