A deep voice suggests Johnny Cash as Country is taken back to its Honky Tonk roots with true stories of drinkin, fightin, heartaches, and the humorous as well as the plight of small town America.

9 MP3 Songs in this album (33:33) !
Related styles: COUNTRY: Traditional Country, COUNTRY: Country Blues

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MUSIC & BACKGROUND
Eric's music is nostalgic for traditional country with many similarities to the Honky tonk style of George Straight and Alan Jackson. Eric's spent his growing up years on the rural lakes of North and Central Florida. But when he moved to Alabama when he was eighteen he didn't forget his roots which reach back five generations to Florida's territorial times; some of his songs reflect how he feels about the effects of change within the state.

His passion for music and writing began at the end of old docks on country lakes like the Merritt's Mill Pond in Marianna and Cresent Lake and Lake Holden in Central Florida. He'd fish until they wouldnât bite anymore then pick up a pad and pencil and write for hours. He was about nine when his grandmother heard his songs and noticed his ear for music. She gave him the same fiddle her father had given her as a little girl on a farm in South Georgia.

When Eric's interest in the fiddle began fading the only thing that kept his grandmother's heart from breaking was an old upright piano at the lake. It had finally been tuned and when Eric began to play a song he heard in church without any sheet music his grandmother and the rest of the family rushed inside to make the discovery. Ever since that day he's been writing and playing the keyboard and now continues to improve on the guitar. He hopes to tackle the fiddle and steel next.

SCENIC ROUTE
The album includes nine original songs recorded in Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee at Dark Horse Studio. I was lucky enough to work with some great musicians while recording the album. My lead vocals on the songs were joined by Steve Brewster on drums, Mike Payne on guitar, Gary Lunn on Bass, Matt Pierson on Bass, Scott Joyce on keys, Derek Deakins on Violin & Mandolin, Scotty Sanders on Steel, Mike Douchette on Harmonica and Robin Grant with Dave Gallagher for background vocals. Engineers-Mike Carr, Will Surkan and David Bectel, Produced by Eric Cox with David Bectel. Album art designed by James Hammond. All of the songs on the album were written, composed and sung by Eric Cox, All Rights Reserved © 2008 Eric J. Cox.


ERIC COX & THE RIDGE ROAD BAND
The Band performs originals and covers country and southern rock classics. Clay Crowe, on lead guitar grew up on Ridge Road in Lee County, Alabama after moving away from Newberry South Carolina. His passion for music began on little country church at am easterly bend in Ridge Road where he began playing guitar and continues to foster the church music program.Sam Hickman, on bass is a childhood friend of Clayâs who also grew up on Ridge Road in Lee County. He shares the same gospel beginnings playing. If you canât find Sam playing bass at the church or with the band you can probably find him at a local radio station playing country music for fans across the Chattahoochee River Valley. Eric Cox, with lead vocals, rhythm guitar and keys came to Auburn as a teenager and remembers when much of the town was surrounded by undeveloped pastureland. He has played the keyboard most of his life and began writing songs when he was in grade school. Sarah Burkart, on fiddle is a native of Haceville, Alabama who began playing the violin since she was three. After studying music at Auburn University she began teaching and continues to teach and help children master the violin.