Exclusive Interview with Eric Blowtorch Beaumont - Author, Musician, Songwriter

"You could search the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota and not find a musician as talented as Milwaukee's Eric Blowtorch."                                         -David A. Kulczyk, Maximum Ink

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch Beaumont sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing.  E. B. plays solo, in duos with selected stars, and with a quartet, Eric Blowtorch and the Welders.

He is the co-author of BRICK THROUGH THE WINDOW: AN ORAL HISTORY OF PUNK ROCK, NEW WAVE AND NOISE IN MILWUAKEE, 1964-1984.

The latest Eric Blowtorch album, on which E. B. plays drums, percussion, bass (electric and upright), piano, organ, guitar, and trumpet, in addition to singing, is entitled Eric Blowtorch Plays Himself.  "Everybody has a gimmick," Blowtorch claims.  "Mine's content" – emotional, communal, and political content delivered with intense guitar playing and singing.