Eric's Biography

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04f285a3.png"> <div> <B>Eric's Biography</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Eric Marrero</B><B>   </B></FONT><B> </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eric Marrero"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Eric's Biography</B>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discography"><U>Discography</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Current Venues"><U>Current Venues</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Harp Classical Guitar"><U>   Harp & Classical Guitar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karins Art"><U>Karin's Art</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Merchandise"><U> Merchandise</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cleverlys"><U>Cleverlys</U></A>   |   <A 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<div> <I><IMG SRC="2ac2caa0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                             </I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1ec04d70.jpg" border=0 width="260" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">         </I><I><IMG SRC="1f34fd50.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>          </I><I>  </I></div> <div> <I>    </I></div> <div> <I><B>                 </B></I></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B>F</B>leeing<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" > the horrific war-torn reveloution and mother being with child, Eric' s parents moved back to the United States of America from Caracas Venezuela.  Eric was then born on Christmas Day in Mobile, Alabama.  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >He performed with the United States Air Force Band in Tampa, Fl. on trumpet, guitar and electric bass entertaining world famous dignitaries and TV and movie personalities and backing up celebrities such as Anita Bryant.  In Miami, Florida he was on the same billing as the Cowsills (Partridge Family starring David Cassidy) and host Peter Marshall of Hollywood Squares fame.</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B><B>H</B>e </FONT>has also played in bands that opened on concerts and shows, and/or performed with such names as Maynard Furgeson, Shelby Lynn, Beth Nielsen Chapman, <A HREF="http://www.bethnielsenchapman.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bethnielsenchapman.com/"><U>http://www.bethnielsenchapman.com/</U></A> - Reba McEntire, Marie Osmond - <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Osmond" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Osmon"><U>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki</U></A>/ - Mel Tillis - <A HREF="http://www.meltillis.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.meltillis.com"><U>http://www.meltillis.com</U></A> - and others. And performing in conjunction with Miss America 2005, Diedre Downs. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT> <B>E</B>ric<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > has done radio and TV commercials, national as well as local. He was commisioned by local blues artists to notate lead sheets to be sent to B.B. King's producer/manager for research purposes.</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT><B>H</B>e<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > also appears along with songwriter/performer/creative genius Jerry Powell on the award winning song "Bodine Brown" on the nationally famous Dr. Demento's album "Demento's Mementos".</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT> <B>A</B>lmost<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >of Eric's performances are at private functions.  He and his wife Karin perform at various venues on classical guitar & harp, or doing Pop Music using various instruments and playing everything from Easy Listening & Light Rock to Jazz, Latin and origional songs.</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT><B>I</B>n<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > addition, he is one of a trio of wild, zany, nutty entertainers known as the Cleverlys. They perform throughout the Southeast for various corporate groups as an after-dinner comedy, variety act which includes music, magic and ventriloquism. </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><B>A</B>side<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > from preparing a TV show for cable, "Off The Beaten Path", The Cleverlys also made a cameo appearance in the movie "West From North Goes South" starring Phyllis Diller, Tina Louise (Gilligan's Island), Larry Linnville (M*A*S*H*), La Wanda Page (Sanford and Sons).</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT> <B>E</B>ric's<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > musical style is eclectic and spans from classical to jazz to pop.</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT><B>E</B>ric<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >is also associated with the following organizations: BMI, ISHFC, NMTA (National Music Teachers Association), AMTA, BCMTA, NAAV, Schumann Club,and registered with the Better Business Bureau.</FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>