Eric Sardinas Resonates At The Coach House

ERIC SARDINAS

ERIC SARDINAS plays Canyon Club Oct. 16; photo James Christopher

Rev your engines and get ready for Eric Sardinas and Big Motor to rock your world at The Coach House Apr. 13. The blues-rock group that has been touring 250 plus days a year for 18 years now is ready to rock your socks off with their bluesy rock beats and volatile live show.

Concert Guide Live caught up with the Eric Sardinas himself to see what’s going on behind his music.

CONCERT GUIDE LIVE: How long have you been playing music?
ERIC SARDINAS: I’ve been playing since I was six years old.

CGL: Why did you switch your guitar playing from left to right-handed?
ES: Everyone was telling me I was doing it wrong and just tried right-handed.

CGL: Who have been your favorite people to play with?
ES: I’ve played with so many it’s hard to say. I’ve been fortunate enough to play with guys like B.B. King, ZZ Top, Robert Plant. The point is the music is what gets me. It’s my inspiration. The roots of the music is what I fell in love with. That energy is what is fused in blues and rock. To be able to flex that tradition and almost make my own thumbprint between blues and rock is amazing.

CGL: What do you do in your free time?
ES: Well I’m touring 250 plus days a year. But when I do have free time I like to work on my ’58 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. I’m done with it but like to wrench on it once in a while. Besides that, I write, sleep, and recuperate.

CGL: What is your favorite place to play live?
ES: Depends on the energy of the crowd which venue I like. What I get back is magic, literally.

CGL: What are your favorite songs to play live?
ES: My favorite live songs are just what I make up on the spot. There’s a kinda magic in doing it on the spot.

CGL: Do you have a go to guitar you play?
ES: Yeah, I have my number one and number two. I have Isabella, my “Brown Dog”. I have about 6,000 plus shows. The other is La Pistola. It’s a custom resonator, the first signature model.eric sardinas guitar

CGL: Do you still get nervous at shows?
ES: I would worry if I ever did not get nervous. I always want to give it my best. I never want to be jaded. It would go against all the things I fell in love with in music. Live shows are like a cyclone. It’s my aim. I breathe it and live it. It’s everything to me. To be bored of that magic would be a sin [laughs].

CGL: What do you do to prepare for a show?
ES: I like to get centered. I close out everything and clear the mechanisms and get centered and free and it begins.

CGL: Who is someone you’d like to play with live?
ES: Dave Grohl. I would love to tear it up with him.

CGL: What do you like most about being on tour?
ES: Travel and go where the music takes us and see the world. It’s very fulfilling. Being able to come full circle and be fulfilled.

CGL: What other kind of genres of music do you like?
ES: I like gospel, soul and Motown, funk, jazz, and rock-n-roll. Pretty much everything.