A worthy follow-up to 2006’s Crystal Vision, ERIC GALES’s new album, The Psychedelic Underground [Blues Bureau Records] affirms Gales as one of the rare musical talents of his generation. This left-handed guitarist of extraordinary ability and expressive vocals is a natural for people to compare to JIMI HENDRIX. Gales has developed a unique hybrid blues/rock sound that also draws upon influences as diverse as ALBERT KING and ERIC JOHNSONS. A unique blending of styles, Eric Gales stands head and shoulders among other guitarists in his genre.

Eric Gales grew up in a musical family with four brothers, two of them who learned to play the guitar upside down and left handed in the same fashion that Eric does. Eric's brother Eugene Gales played bass in the Eric Gales Band and his brother Jimmy King had a thriving career as a blues artist before his untimely death. Eric released his first record at Age 16 for Elektra records to an amazing response from the media and music fans around the globe. Guitar World Magazine's Reader's Poll named Eric as "Best New Talent," in 1991. After recording a second record for Elektra, all three brothers teamed up for "The Gales Bros. Left Hand Band" which was recorded for the House of Blues label in 1996. Through the years, it would not be unusual to look out in the audience and see artists like CARLOS SANTANA, MICK JAGGER, KIETH RICHARDS, B.B. KING and ERIC CLAPTON, looking on with interest as Eric took his God-given talent and worked crowd after crowd into a frenzy.

The new Millennium presented new opportunities for Eric and he was signed to a deal with Nightbird Records which was affiliated with Jimi Hendrix's sister Janie Hendrix and Experience Hendrix, L. L. C. and distributed through MCA/Universal. Under this deal, Eric recorded the critically acclaimed record That's What I Am in 1991 and hit the road, mesmerizing fans around the world with his uncanny connection to his guitar. In 2004 Eric Gales made headline music news when he was chosen to perform with CARLOS SANTANA, JOE SATRIANI, JERRY CANTRELL and others on the Experience Hendrix tour to honor the late, great, Jimi Hendrix.

Eric's masterful guitar and vocal performances on The Psychedelic Underground portend a great response from these loyal music lovers as guitarists of this quality and intensity are few and far between.