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American keyboard player and sound engineer.
Eric has played piano professionally since high school. He studied for two years at the Eastman school of music in Rochester, where he worked steadily as a jazz musician, including performances with former Coltrane bassist Steve Davis. Returning to Colorado, he worked for the vocal group Rare Silk, including the recording of the album Black and Blue, co-wrote the song Bob Goes to the Store with bassist Kim Stone, which was released as a single and video by the band SpyroGyra. He was pianist with Charlie Pride and Bob Hope at concerts at Hope's golf tournament in Vail.

During and after his stint in Thinking Plague in the late 80s, Moon performed with, and put together showcases for singer/songwriter Jill Sobule. These led to her getting a publishing deal out of Nashville and a subsequent recording deal on MCA. While in Nashville, Eric played and recorded with top studio musicians, including Vince Gill, Flecktone bassist Victor Wooten, and session legends Eddy Bayers and Michael Rhodes. He subsequently played keyboards and arranged the string section for Sobule's first album, produced by Todd Rundgren. Sobule hired Moon to produce her second album with longtime Prince engineer Susan Rodgers in Los Angeles.

Later in Los Angeles, Moon produced and co-wrote a number one hit for Malaysian singer Ella, composed music for cable TV and national television ads, toured Europe as keyboardist for German punk icon Nina Hagen, ran the computers on a series of shows for Icelandic superstar Bjork, designed sounds for Alesis Synthesizers, and much else. Upon returning to Colorado, he did a stint playing piano and accordion with Banjoist Tony Furtado before moving to Wyoming, where he engineered live albums for guitarist Jalan Crossland and Little Luke and The Loose Cannon Band, and played drums in the band Bru Swillaz.

Eric spent some time in Austin, where he played with members of George Strait's Ace in the Hole band and The Hal Ketchum band, and recorded piano, accordion and Hammond organ tracks for the solo release by Asleep at the Wheel vocalist and violinist Hayden Vitera. He has recorded for Colorado artists Kreg Viesselman, Danny Shaeffer, Rhian Watson and Buckskin Stallion, put together a band for acclaimed Nashville singer/songwriter Jeff Finlin, and was busy with recording work, playing with Tony Black Summit several nights a week at the legendary jazz club Chapultapec in Denver, and performing with a variety of songwriters and bands around the Denver-Boulder region.

APPEARANCES +


Jeff Finlin with The 89's
Live Transcending The Armory
2025, File, FLAC, MP3, WAV, Album, Not On Label,
Vocal/Folk Rock/Acoustic
Megan Burtt
Electricity
2024, File, AIFF, Single, Not On Label (Megan Burtt Self-released),
Foxfeather
The Nature Of Things
2022, LP, Ltd, Num, Octave Records (3)
Megan Burtt
Shelter
2022, SACD, Hybrid, Album, Octave Records (3), ,
Folk Rock
Foxfeather
The Nature Of Things
2021, SACD, Hybrid + DVD-D, Octave Records (3)
Ro Myra
Nowhere, Nebraska
2021, LP, Album, Ltd, Ponderosa Records (7)
Chelsea Berry
Monsters & Machines
2020, 11xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Chelsea Berry Self-released)
Thinking Plague
Moonsongs
2020
Erinn Peet-Lukes
Take Back Your Angels
2018, CD, EP, Not On Label, ,
Bluegrass
Hezekiah Goode
Two Billion Acres Of Salt
2013, CD, Album, Fiddlers Ford, ,
Country/Folk/Hillbilly/Bluegrass
Monster Planet
Year One
2012, 14xFile, WAV, Album, Comp, P/Mixed, SYNPROV CORP.,
Noise/Abstract/IDM/Ambient/Experimental/Dark Ambient
Chuck Pyle
The Spaces In Between
2010, CD, Album, Zen Cowboy Records, ,
Country/Folk
Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore
Saints & Sinners
2010, CD, Album, Remington Road Records,
Katie Herzig
Weightless
2006, CD, Album, Marion-Lorraine Records
Ron Miles
Stone / Blossom
2006, 2xCD, Album, Sterling Circle Records
Haydn Vitera
Haydn Vitera
2006, CDr, Not On Label (Haydn Vitera Self-Released)
Jeff Finlin
Angels In Disguise
2006, ,
Acoustic/Pop Rock/Country Rock
Thinking Plague
Early Plague Years
2000
John Parr
Under Parr
1996, ,
Hard Rock/Pop Rock/Ballad
Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule
1995, ,
Alternative Rock/Soft Rock
Julie Caron
See For Miles
CD, Not On Label (Julie Caron Self-released),