July 15th, 2026 Awarded BEST Blues Artist Lagniappe Readers Choice Awards /April 23rd, 2026 nominated in four categories for The Lagniappe Readers Awards for 1. BEST Blues Artist -
2. BEST Jazz Musician - 3. BEST Singer/Songwriter and 4. BEST Music Educator!
As of March 21st, 2026, Rock-A-Billy Rock-N-Roll by Jerry Powell (Eric on horns) is #1 on the Surfside Top 20.
In the rankings based solely on the SNS chart performances between May 11, and September 21, Eric played horns on Jerry Powell's "Dance With Me", named SONG OF THE SUMMER. This is the third time on various top 10, 20, and 40 MUSIC POLLS including past years with "One More Summer Night" and "Merry-Go-Round".
July 18th, 2025 awarded the Lagniappe Reader's Choice Award for BEST Blues Artist of 2025.
June 7th 2025 "Dance With Me" is #1 (by Jerry Powell featuring Eric on horns) on the WAVE Beach Music Poll May 17, 2025 Eric was nominated for four Lagniappe Reader's Choice Awards - BEST Blues Artist, BEST Singer Songwriter, BEST Jazz Musician, BEST Music Instructor.
July 19th, 2024 - awarded two Lagniappe "Nappie" Awards at the Saenger Theater in Mobile, AL . BEST Blues Artist and BEST Jazz Musician
December 2023 "One More Summer Night" - written by Jerry Powell and featuring Eric on horns and background vocal was #1 on some polls including NEW BEACH MUSIC Poll. As of MAY 2022 -"Merry-Go-Round" (RECORDED AT MUSCLE SHOALS) was #1 on some polls and in the top on world-wide polls.
Eric and Jerry Powell have several #1 songs on various charts including on the Surfside TOP 20 "Rockabilly Rock & Roll" (written by JP) In April 2020
In a contest , two 6 sec. sound bites, Eric submitted, were chosen to represent THE MOBILE ARTS COUNCIL as 1st place winners
In 2020, he and Jerry Powell had the #1 song on the Radio A1A Trop Rock Trop40, "You And The Yucatan," from the CD, "Highly Recreational Man." You And The Yucatan remained in the Top 10 for weeks , and as of March, 2020, still ranked high on the charts. As of June 18th, "Still Falling" (from the same CD Highly Recreational Man) had been #1 on the Beach Music Top 40.
In 2019, Eric, Chris Miller and Jerry Powell had the #1 song "Carolina Shore" (written by JP) for 14 weeks on the National Beach Music Top 40 and it won a spot on a Compilation CD called Carolina Shine (KHP1158) featuring the TOP Beach Music songs for the year.
He performed with the 589th Air Force Band in Tampa, Fl. on trumpet, guitar and electric bass entertaining world famous dignitaries and TV and movie personalities and backing up celebrities such as Anita Bryant. In Miami, Florida he was on the same billing as the Cowsills (Partridge Family starring David Cassidy) and host Peter Marshall of Hollywood Squares fame.
He has also played in bands that opened on concerts and shows, and/or performed with such names as Maynard Furgeson, Shelby Lynn, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Reba McEntire, Marie Osmond and others. And performing in conjunction with Miss America 2005, Diedre Downs.
Has done radio and TV commercials, national as well as local. At least winning an award. He also appears along with songwriter/performer/creative genius Jerry Powell on the award winning song "Bodine Brown" on the nationally famous Dr. Demento's album "Demento's Mementos". And played on demos at Southern Sound Productions for artists like Tim Lovelace, Beth Chapman, and Lawrence Reynolds.
Karin Marrero (a former flute player) not only plays Celtic harp, percussion, and synthesizer but she is also a multi-media artist. Her specialties include Glass Fusion, Acrylic and Water Color paintings, Commissioned Portraits and Stained Glass. Karin's work has been featured at The Mobile Museum of Art, The Mobile Arts Council, The Eastern Shore Art Center, and many other prominent venues.
