{"id":36,"date":"2012-01-09T20:24:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T20:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericstockton.net\/new2012\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2019-06-29T18:16:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T22:16:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ericstockton.net\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ericstockton.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/StocktonHeadshotCropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-894 size-thumbnail\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"Eric Stockton photo by Dillon Dewaters\" src=\"http:\/\/ericstockton.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/StocktonHeadshotCropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Eric Stockton is a freelance musician and educator living in the borough of Queens in New York City.\u00a0 Most recently he has been working as guitarist for the Broadway Shows <a href=\"https:\/\/beautifulonbroadway.com\/tickets\/?gclid=CjwKCAjwmNzoBRBOEiwAr2V27SAKQ1kCMS1BNlkXGwmiNjNF-jMJYmh4InuWw1d6iADBIt7dTJGYnhoC_nIQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\">Beautiful; The Carole King Musical,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dearevanhansen.com\/\">Dear Evan Hansen,<\/a>\u00a0 and <a href=\"https:\/\/meangirlsonbroadway.com\/?gclid=CjwKCAjwmNzoBRBOEiwAr2V27SKkl2sc9_ovT5Ebc-32uVE7QCPN-cQcRlIxI9R7lJ8_xet0UDaUnxoCZo0QAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds#\/tickets\">Mean Girls<\/a>\u00a0 among others.\u00a0 \u00a0Eric also currently leads a Van Halen Tribute band that has just begun performing in and around NYC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Rocky on Broadway\">Eric has performed as a sideman for many talented musical artists in NYC including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBandKondor\">KONDOR <\/a>and <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" title=\"Daniel Goodman Songwriter\" href=\"http:\/\/danielgoodmanmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Goodman<\/a> <span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">both of whom released recordings of new songs in 2015 featuring Eric on guitar.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Past credits include the\u00a0Broadway productions <a title=\"Rocky on Broadway\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rockybroadway.com\/\">ROCKY<\/a> and <a title=\"Soul Doctor - The New Shlomo Carlebach Musical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.playbillvault.com\/Person\/Detail\/124413\/Eric-J-Stockton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soul Doctor<\/a>, the First National tours of <a href=\"https:\/\/beautifulonbroadway.com\/tickets\/?gclid=CjwKCAjwmNzoBRBOEiwAr2V27SAKQ1kCMS1BNlkXGwmiNjNF-jMJYmh4InuWw1d6iADBIt7dTJGYnhoC_nIQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\">Beautiful the Carole King Musical<\/a> and <a title=\"Kinky Boots Tony Award Winning Best Musical\" href=\"http:\/\/kinkybootsthemusical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Winning Best Broadway Musical Kinky Boots <\/a>\u00a0as well as subbing for many other Broadway shows and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigapplecircus.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Apple Circus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 Eric released his first solo album of his own original music titled <a title=\"Listen to the album roots for free on Bandcamp!\" href=\"http:\/\/ericstockton.net\/?p=547\">roots.<\/a>\u00a0 On occasion you can find Eric performing an acoustic set of this music in venues around NYC.<\/p>\n<p>Eric is available for tours, recording and performances for hire including <a title=\"Music For Your Event\" href=\"http:\/\/ericstockton.net\/?page_id=339\">music for your special private event or at your eating and drinking establishment.<\/a>\u00a0 He performs with a wide variety of musicians who are able to provide just the right sound and atmosphere you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n<p>Eric also has nearly twenty years experience as a professional guitar instructor and is currently available for <a title=\"Learn how to play the guitar!\" href=\"http:\/\/ericstockton.net\/?p=210\">private lessons.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=estocktonmusic\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Stockton is a freelance musician and educator living in the borough of Queens in New York City.\u00a0 Most recently he has been working as guitarist for the Broadway Shows Beautiful; 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