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After his first two albums, "Treat Me Right" (1999) and "Devil's Train" (2001), released by Evidence, Eric Sardinas, virtuoso slide player and resonator fan, is back with his new album "Black Pearls", which was produced by Eddie Kramer and will be released by Favored Nations in late August.
Sardinas started to play guitar when he was six, and very soon he devoted himself completely to the delta blues. He names Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, and Bukka White (among others) as his favorites. This exceptional artist has set the bar at new heights for the slide guitar. Although he is left-handed, he adopted the technique of right-handed guitar players, particularly concerning his effortless use of the bottleneck. Sardinas, who is thirty-three years old now, settled in Los Angeles in 1990. He played in the streets and got to know bassist Paul Loranger, and then, two years later, drummer Scott Palacios, with whom he formed a trio. Their first album "Treat Me Right," on which they invited Johnny Winter and Hubert Sumlin to play, is a mixture of delta and modern electric blues. Eric set the bar even higher with his next album, "Devil's Train," devoted exclusively to his passion for his resonators, which were made to Eric's specifications. On the foundations of traditional blues, Sardinas has created an intense mixture of blues and the power of rock.
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