EN as Piggy Stardust, the Pork from Outer Space, leading the Superheroes Band for the wearsthelove Superheroes party ("Be Your Own Superpower"), Nov. '07.
Everett Bradley (vocals, percussion) as The Ebony Wand,
Alex Alexander (drums) as Black Ass Man,
Paul Frazier (bass, vocals) as Secret Agent Man, John Deley (keyboards, vocals) as The Mexican Wrestler.
FYI, my super-mission as Piggy Stardust was to foster harmony between Muslims and Jews by telling them all to 'eat me.
"Tell It To My Heart," live in Burbank, California.
EN backing up pop diva Taylor Dayne in Albuquerque, NM, August 2005
With Taylor backstage August 2005
EN onstage (on bass!) with The Drifters at The Princess, Bermuda, February 2005
With The Drifters and backing band (front, L to R: Joe Foster, EN, Gary Kupper, Paul Nelson) at the Bermuda airport February 2005
EN with Sasha Lazard, Joe's Pub, 2004. Drums: Alex Alexander; Cello: Dave Eggar; Bass: Keith Golden.
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Crash Mansion Christmas Show, December 17, 2004. More photos from Crash Mansion here (2.3 MB zip file)
EN, sideman, with The Drifters, Bermuda, October 22, 2004. Photo: Dave Backer, bass/MD, taken from his side of the stage while playing with his left hand
EN on the job at Âme Russe, East Village, NYC, September 2004. Photo: Linsey Li
Summer 2004 at the Friday night in Little Russia: Anyway Bar, Neck Road, Sheepshead Bay
A photocopy of the drawing by EN of João Bosco, the unparalleled
Brazilian guitarist/ singer/ songwriter, at The Blue Note jazz club, NYC, August 2004.
Bosco is unusually good at rendering joy through music and is a badass samba guitar
player. Bosco possesses the original drawing. Sal, the owner of the club, kindly
made a copy and had a photo taken of the artist and subject.
EN, opening act, with the headliner: the great and unique CHRIS WHITLEY, singer, songwriter, roots-blues slide guitarist, unclassifiable American original, from Texas; at the Bloomberg Blues Hour concert series at South Street Seaport's Pier 17. July 20, 2004. Photo: Melissa Rodnon
EN performing at South Street Seaport July 2004. Photo: Melissa Rodnon
EN practicing at home, summer '04.
EN with his acoustic band at The Cutting Room NYC, April 15, 2004.
L to R: Nanny Assis (percussion, head not visible in photo but unmistakable in real life); Elaine Caswell (vocals); EN in Ziggy Stardust hand-me-downs; Gary Schreiner (accordion); Paul Ossola (bass). Photos: Karen Olson
EN with President Clinton at a fundraising dinner for Senator Hillary Clinton, Sapori d'Ischia, Queens, December 5, 2003. Note Eric Nicolas CD's in the presidential hands.
This is an image EN drew for Senator Hillary Clinton to illustrate his opportunistic angling for a gig in the next Clinton White House. "Let It Happen in My Lifetime" is the song written and recorded in honor of the Senator and of progressive female leaders generally.
I wish I'd had a camera for all those PHOEBE SNOW gigs… But now we're up to the digital age we're getting someone to take a picture at every novel situation.
Backing band for Taiwanese rock star WENG CHEN, Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City, September 25, 2004. L to R: Joe Quigley, bass; Alex Alexander, drums/ percussion; Freddie Khaw, keyboards, MD; EN, keyboards, nylon-string and electric guitars.
Eric Nicolas' hand takes the place of HAPPY RHODES' during the show, Ectofest West, Santa Cruz, CA, June 9, 2001.
