http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home A Site For Eric Leonhardt Brown Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:45:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sluggish Chateau The days are long in our sluggish chateau where laughter is balanced with yelling, like the emergency broadcast system, “this is only a test”. The floor is peppered with bits of banana and the occasional lonely green bean- lovingly abandoned by curious fingers that have decided to move on. Water is the name of the game, from hand splashing to the daily ... http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/poetry/new-poems-3/ Gentleness I have sat for hours alone on tall, snowy mountains and made friends with peace and her noble family of intangibles. I have driven out in all directions, gone on walkabout, until I found the call, answered it and rested until called again. I have walked with laughter in my heart and was met by miles ... http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/poetry/new-poems-2/ The Bee Tree We have a bee tree in our front yard. The bees swarm around the hive by the thousands all trying to get into one opening. Like all the thousands of things I try to accomplish in the moments of a day, trying to fit them into the one opening. How were we ever fooled ... http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/poetry/new-poems/ Thanks to some long overdue updates, I will now have the ability to blog and add updates to the website from my iPhone! Stay tuned for all the fun! Eric http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/uncategorized/new-bloggings-to-come/ Last February, Eric recorded Syd Barrett's "Terrapin" with his frequent musical collaborator, John Paul Davis, Eric singing and playing bass and guitar, and Davis providing beats, squiggly sounds and keyboards. The recording was part of Eric's experimenting with new home recording equipment, but after Syd Barrett passed away earlier this ... http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/news/syd-barrett-tribute/ If you missed the Simply Beautiful release party or just want to relive the moment, we've put together a little video of the live performance of "Simply Beautiful." Folks who attended the show will remember the hot solos by each member of the band that brought the house down during ... http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/news/simply-beautiful-live-video/ The encore; Eric playing guitar and singing Prince's Forever In My Life. http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/simply-beautiful-release-party/the-suprise-encore/ On Sunday, August 28th, Eric Brown & The Immaculate Perception played to a sold out crowd of over 220 people at Peach’s Grill for the Simply Beautiful CD release party. Eric and the band played a ten song set followed by a suprise encore with Eric playing guitar and singing ... http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/news/release-party-sell-out-2/ Joseph Glenn keeps the rhythm playing the congas on Simply Beautiful. http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/in-the-studio-2005/joseph-glenn-on-the-congas/ Music director Chris Berg instructing jazz piano virtuoso Jeff Hufnagle. http://ericleonhardtbrown.org/home/in-the-studio-2005/chris-berg-jeff-hufnagle/